Evangelical voters turn out in record numbers
November 5, 2010 at 7:40 am
By: edmondsun.com
EDMOND — State Question 755, the president’s rocky relationship with Israel and his position on the so-called “ground zero mosque” were some of the issues that drove a record number of evangelical voters, observers said.
Edmond has a large, active faith community, evidenced by various ministries and high attendance at numerous churches of various denominations.
Generally speaking, evangelicals are individuals who believe in the Bible’s inerrancy and stress the need for personal conversion and sharing of the Christian gospel.
Nationwide, the largest single voter block in Tuesday’s midterm election was self-identified evangelicals who made up 29 percent of the vote, and cast 79 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, according to a post-election survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
“I think that’s clearly an eye-popping number,” said Gregg Keller, the coalition’s national executive director.
In fact, the evangelical turnout, a 5 percent increase over 2006, was the largest ever recorded in a midterm election, the survey found.
Additionally, Roman Catholic voters constituted 12 percent of the vote and cast 58 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, as opposed to 40 percent for Democrats, according to CNN exit polling.
By: CBN
The latest polling data shows that Tea Party members and conservative evangelicals came out in force at the ballot box.
Polls show that 29 percent of voters identified themselves as evangelicals. The pollster Public Opinion Strategies says that made them the largest single group of the election. Seventy-eight percent of them voted Republican.
Fifty-two percent of those who identified themselves as part of the Tea Party also consider themselves conservative evangelicals.
“The socially conservative faith-based vote was the fuel and engine of the biggest midterm victory in our history,” the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Ralph Reed said on Wednesday. Reed’s group commissioned the post-election survey data.
Polls also show that a bloc of religious voters who usually vote for the Democrats switched sides in this election.
Fifty-four percent of Catholics voted for Republican candidates.
By Jennifer Harper – The Washington Times
Oh, ye of big faith. Like, really big faith. The largest single constituency in the electorate in the midterm elections was “self-identified evangelicals,” who comprised 29 percent of the vote and cast a hefty 78 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, according to new findings from the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Turnout by conservative folks of faith was up by 5 percent over 2006 – the largest ever recorded in a midterm election, the group says. The survey also found that 52 percent of all “tea party” members are conservative evangelicals; 57 percent also say both lawmakers and political leaders are “ignoring our religious heritage.” The survey of 1,000 voters was conducted Nov. 2.
“People of faith turned out in the highest numbers in a midterm election we have ever seen, and they made an invaluable contribution to the historic results,” says Ralph Reed, chairman of the 400,000-member group. “This survey, along with numerous exit polls, makes clear that those who ignore or disregard social conservative voters and their issues do so at their own peril.”
EDMOND — State Question 755, the president’s rocky relationship with Israel and his position on the so-called “ground zero mosque” were some of the issues that drove a record number of evangelical voters, observers said.
Edmond has a large, active faith community, evidenced by various ministries and high attendance at numerous churches of various denominations.
Generally speaking, evangelicals are individuals who believe in the Bible’s inerrancy and stress the need for personal conversion and sharing of the Christian gospel.
Nationwide, the largest single voter block in Tuesday’s midterm election was self-identified evangelicals who made up 29 percent of the vote, and cast 79 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, according to a post-election survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
“I think that’s clearly an eye-popping number,” said Gregg Keller, the coalition’s national executive director.
In fact, the evangelical turnout, a 5 percent increase over 2006, was the largest ever recorded in a midterm election, the survey found.
Additionally, Roman Catholic voters constituted 12 percent of the vote and cast 58 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, as opposed to 40 percent for Democrats, according to CNN exit polling.
Does Polling Data Reveal ‘Teavangelicals?’
November 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm
By: CBN
The latest polling data shows that Tea Party members and conservative evangelicals came out in force at the ballot box.
Polls show that 29 percent of voters identified themselves as evangelicals. The pollster Public Opinion Strategies says that made them the largest single group of the election. Seventy-eight percent of them voted Republican.
Fifty-two percent of those who identified themselves as part of the Tea Party also consider themselves conservative evangelicals.
“The socially conservative faith-based vote was the fuel and engine of the biggest midterm victory in our history,” the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Ralph Reed said on Wednesday. Reed’s group commissioned the post-election survey data.
Polls also show that a bloc of religious voters who usually vote for the Democrats switched sides in this election.
Fifty-four percent of Catholics voted for Republican candidates.
Inside the Beltway
November 4, 2010 at 9:58 am
By Jennifer Harper – The Washington Times
Oh, ye of big faith. Like, really big faith. The largest single constituency in the electorate in the midterm elections was “self-identified evangelicals,” who comprised 29 percent of the vote and cast a hefty 78 percent of their ballots for Republican candidates, according to new findings from the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Turnout by conservative folks of faith was up by 5 percent over 2006 – the largest ever recorded in a midterm election, the group says. The survey also found that 52 percent of all “tea party” members are conservative evangelicals; 57 percent also say both lawmakers and political leaders are “ignoring our religious heritage.” The survey of 1,000 voters was conducted Nov. 2.
“People of faith turned out in the highest numbers in a midterm election we have ever seen, and they made an invaluable contribution to the historic results,” says Ralph Reed, chairman of the 400,000-member group. “This survey, along with numerous exit polls, makes clear that those who ignore or disregard social conservative voters and their issues do so at their own peril.”
[video] Ralph Reed on Parker Spitzer
November 4, 2010 at 9:21 am
