report | Nov 4, 2008

Religion and Politics ’08: Oregon

Religious Profile Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 521 Data from the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.   2008 Oregon Primary Exit Poll Results Primary date: May 20, 2008 No polling information was collected for the Republican primary. Source: 2008 National Election Pool Exit Poll as reported by MSNBC 2004 Oregon General Election Results No […]

report | Nov 4, 2008

Religion and Politics ’08: W. Mitt Romney

Background Hometown Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Age 62 Religion Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Education Harvard Business School, MBA, 1975 Harvard Law School, J.D., 1975 Brigham Young University, B.A., 1971 Candidate Website www.mittromney.com/ Candidacy Status Formally declared candidacy Feb. 13, 2007.Formally withdrew candidacy Feb. 7, 2008.Endorsed John McCain Feb. 14, 2008. Political Experience Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-2007 Chairman, […]

report | Nov 4, 2008

Religion and Politics ’08: North Carolina

Religious Profile Margin of error: ± 3.5% Sample size: 1,166 Data from the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. 2008 North Carolina Primary Exit Poll Results No polling information was collected for the Republican primary. Source: 2008 National Election Pool Exit Poll as reported by MSNBC 2004 North Carolina General Election Results No worship attendance polling information […]

feature | Nov 3, 2008

Trends in Candidate Preferences Among Religious Groups

The latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press includes analysis of the candidate preferences of major religious groups. These charts are based on results among registered voters interviewed in People-Press surveys conducted on the dates indicated. For a Nov. 2 analysis of the candidate preferences of likely voters, see […]

transcript | Oct 30, 2008

Will Obama Win the White Catholic Vote?

More tracking charts » Surveys by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press show that white, non-Hispanic Catholic support for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has grown, taking him from a 13-percentage-point deficit in late September to an 8-point lead in late October. Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green looks behind […]

feature | Oct 23, 2008

How Church Attendance Affects Religious Voting Patterns

The latest report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows that, as in previous elections, differences in voting patterns by religion are amplified when church attendance is taken into account. For example, Barack Obama has made no headway among white evangelical Protestants who attend church at least once a week; […]

transcript | Oct 16, 2008

Ten Years of Promoting Religious Freedom Through U.S. Foreign Policy

Oct. 27 marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act, a law that made the promotion of religious freedom a basic aim of U.S. foreign policy. The passage of the legislation marked the culmination of a campaign of unlikely religious allies, who went on to champion other international human rights […]

report | Oct 1, 2008

Americans Wary of Church Involvement in Partisan Politics

On Sunday, Sept. 28, more than two dozen pastors challenged a provision in the tax code that restricts the political activities of houses of worship and other tax-exempt organizations. Arguing that they have a constitutional right to speak out on political issues, the pastors discussed the 2008 presidential candidates from the pulpit and, in some […]

transcript | Sep 30, 2008

Candidate Preferences of Religious Voters Similar to 2004, But Economy a Higher Priority

A recently published national survey finds remarkable stability in the candidate preferences of major religious groups when compared with those at a similar stage in the 2004 campaign. The survey was conducted in the summer of 2008 by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron and headed by John […]

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