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Obama Breaks Evangelicals' Grip on Politics

Obama's coalition of religious supporters was defined by "a wild diversity" of faiths

By Gabriel Winant,  Newser User

Posted Nov 7, 2008 1:07 PM CST

(Newser) – Listen to too many campaign reporters, and you might forget that there are religious voters out there other than white evangelicals. But, writes Lisa Miller in Newsweek, Barack Obama built a coalition of religious voters by improving Democratic performance with virtually everyone else. “Indeed,...   Read full story »

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