Evangelical Vote 2008
Evangelical vote, which accounts for 14% of all American voters and comprises
the core of the
Christian/Conservative voting bloc, is
essential to winning
elections: George W. Bush won the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections thanks to the
evangelical vote, and Bill Clinton won in 1996 by splitting and capturing 37% of
the evangelical vote.
What makes the evangelical vote so crucial to winning the
White House is that
besides influencing the non-evangelical vote segments of the
Conservative bloc, the evangelical vote can be counted on to show up at the polls, rain,
snow or shine. In the 2008 Iowa primary, for example, the evangelical vote comprised only 12% of the state's voters but
60% of the Republican
votes cast.
There are signs that the evangelical vote in 2008 is leaning the way it did in 1996
more than
it did in 2004, as evidenced by the 34% of the
evangelical vote in Tennessee and Missouri that voted Democrat in their
respective primaries.
But is this the direction that the evangelical vote should take? After all,
shouldn't "Evangel
ical" Christians vo
te for
Congressional and
Presidential
candidates according to the "Evangile", a French
Huguenot word
that means "Gospel" and which and dates back to the early years of the Reformation?
The rest of this site discusses the beliefs and platforms of
John McCain and
Barack Obama, as well as related issues,
and even enable you to access
the Christian testimonies of your state's
Congressional
candidates.
