Mark Silk makes a point that some of us have been making for a couple years, one that's as relevant as ever right now: The problem with the evangelicals-go-Democrat narrative is that THERE ISN'T MUCH MEASURABLE EVIDENCE OF IT. And he links to new poll data that finds that evangelicals--not just the white ones--prefer McCain to Obama: 69 vs. 28 percent.
Another reminder that you really can't make something true just by saying it over and over again.
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and further proof that "evangelical" is fairly meaningless in these contexts.
ReplyDeleteif the term's supposed imply a preference for a candidate's religious emphasis (or even, "personal relationship with jesus"), the stats would be obama 100%-mccain 0%, since obama's talked more about his faith and how it influences him than any presumed dem nominee in modern history, and mccain has talked about exactly not at all.
Well, polls usually refer to evangelicals in terms of self-identification, which is imperfect but probably as useful a definition as any for this sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI think this demonstrates that most evangelicals are less concerned about religiosity than they are about abortion and party loyalty. Which worries me but doesn't surprise me.