Evangelical Vote
Evangelical vote, which accounts for 14% of all American vote
rs and comprises
the core of the
Christian-Conservative bloc,
is critical to winning elections: George W. Bush won in 2000 and 2004 by keeping the evangelical vote
united, while
Barack Obama and
Bill Clinton won in 2008 and 1992 & 1996, respectively, by splitting and
siphoning away sizeable portions of
the evangelical vote.
What makes the evangelical vote so instrumental to winning the
White House is that
besides influencing the non-evangelical vote
s within the
Conservative bloc, the evangelical vot
e can be counted on to show up at the polls, rain,
snow or shine. In the 2008 Iowa primary, for example, the evangelica
l vot
e comprised only 12% of the state's voters but
60% of the Republican
votes cast.
How will the evangelica
l vot
e emerge for 2012? Will it unite behind a
Christian candidate or again be split?
An even more fundamental question is what exactly should unite the evangelica
l vot
e
in 2012.
Is it the pro-life issues of banning
abortion
and stem cell research, as well as
homosexual "marriage", or should the focus be broadened to include
healthcare,
economy, poverty and other issues?
The rest of
this site addresses these and other
'evangelica
l'
issues,
as well as the
Presidential and
Congressional
candidates, from the perspective of the "Evangile", a French Huguenot word
that means "Gospel" and which dates back to the early years of the Reformation.
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