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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: the religious vote

the religious vote stories: 8 news summaries
OPINION

 GOP Will Bounce Back: Rove 

Democratic wave was aberration caused by unusual factors

Nov 13, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Voters didn’t so much choose liberalism or the Democratic Party as they did Barack Obama, writes Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal. And that’s potentially good news for the GOP in the 2010 midterm elections, Rove says: “In politics, good years follow bad years. Republicans... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Karl Rove • Republican Party • voter turnout • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • the religious vote • 2010 election

ANALYSIS

Obama Breaks Evangelicals' Grip on Politics

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

Nov 7, 08 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, it includes almost every committed... More »

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Barack Obama • Election 2008 • the religious vote

ANALYSIS

Amish Could Give McCain Crucial Swing-State Support

Many members of sect, concentrated in Ohio, Pa., voted Bush in '04

Oct 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain now focused on winning Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, he could get help from a group that has traditionally avoided politics: the Amish. When they do vote, Amish are thought to be 100% Republican because of their views on abortion, Benjamin Sarlin writes in the Daily Beast; George... More »

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John McCain • Republican • GOP • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Amish • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • swing states • the religious vote • battleground states

Obama Calls for Faith-Based
Aid Expansion

Patriotism tour continues with outreach to religious voters

Jul 1, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama today called for even more federal dollars for President Bush’s initiative funding faith-based social service groups, the AP reports. His plan will let the groups hire and fire based on religion, a controversial move that's part of an organized effort to court evangelical voters. The candidate says... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • faith based initiatives • the religious vote • Sister Souljah

ANALYSIS

Obama Just Wants Evangelicals Not to Fear Him

Reassuring those unlikely to vote for him will cool opposition, could win over undecideds

Jun 27, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s plan to cut the Democrats' evangelical deficit (68%-30% in 2000, 78-21% in '04)? Convince the religious right he’s not the devil. That’s a “radically different” course from the one taken by John Kerry and Al Gore, what Jeff Greenfield, on Slate, calls a “... More »

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Barack Obama • John F. Kennedy • James Dobson • Ronald Reagan • Catholicism • evangelicals • Election 2008 • the religious vote

 Obama Opens 12-Point Lead 

Margin grows to 15 with Nader and Barr in the mix

Jun 24, 08 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a 12-point lead (49%-37%) over John McCain in a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. With Bob Barr and Ralph Nader in the mix, the margin grows to 15 points (48% to 33%). The poll suggests that both Democrats and independents think Obama will do the best job... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Indiana • George W. Bush • the religious vote

ANALYSIS

 Dumping Pastors
 Is Gamble
 For McCain 

In casting aside Hagee and Ohio's Parsley, Republican stands to alienate evangelicals

May 29, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - By rejecting endorsements from influential pastors John Hagee and Rod Parsley, John McCain might have alienated evangelical voters, a key Republican electoral bloc. If they “feel this is an attack on them,” one consultant told the Washingon Post, “even if they don't agree with Parsley and... More »

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John McCain • John Hagee • Rod Parsley • the religious vote

OPINION

 Obama's Must-Fix List 

Among his chores: broadening his base of voters

May 7, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deeming Hillary Clinton knocked out, John Judis takes a look at Barack Obama’s flaws in the New Republic and finds the Democrat with much to work on before Election Day:
  • His base: Obama has become too dependent on young and black voters, after early success with white men.
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Indiana primary • white voters • the religious vote

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