Posts tagged Election Day
5 Election Day Takeaways: What Mattered Most To Faith Voters

Voters across the country cast ballots on Tuesday to elect a governor in Kentucky, decide legislative control in Virginia and determine whether the Ohio state constitution should be changed to enshrine the right to have an abortion. Republicans and Democrats are using the results to give them an inkling of trends that could affect next year’s races, including the 2024 presidential election.

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The Religious Composition Of Political Parties Over The Last 50 Years

(ANALYSIS) American religion is shifting rapidly now. The nones are climbing every single year. Mainline Protestants are losing ground day by day. And evangelicals are still having a huge impact on American culture, religion and politics. The purpose of this post is to give a broad overview of just how much the parties have shifted from the 1970s through today.

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Religious voters to have a big say following contentious campaign

Americans cast their votes Tuesday to decide between giving President Trump another four-year term or whether to elect challenger Joe Biden.

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Inside Florida’s evangelical vote split along racial identity

(ANALYSIS) While 80% of White evangelicals support President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, 90% of Black Protestants support Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Perhaps no where is the division more pronounced than the swing state of Florida.

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For many Americans, religion will play a major role on Election Day

Just days before Election Day, a new poll finds that four in 10 Americans factor in personal religious beliefs into their voting decisions.

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Will the 'God gap' persist on Nov. 6? What else should religion-news pros look for?

(COMMENTARY) On Election Day 2018, we can expect black Protestants, Latino Catholics and Jews will join the “nones” as solidly Democratic while Mormons plus evangelical Protestants go Republican. More interesting two big blocs of religious swing voters - Non-Hispanic Catholics and white “mainline” Protestants - each have a negative view of President Trump at 52 percent, roughly tracking his standing with the over-all public.

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