Evangelicals Feeling Left Out, Poll Finds. (Big GOP fumble)

[Lex]

Evangelicals Feeling Left Out, Poll Finds
Crucial Bloc Split On GOP Options, Feels Key Issues Are Being Ignored

(CBS) Evangelical Christian voters formed the core of President Bush’s support in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. But according to a new CBS News poll, the next Republican nominee may have a little more work ahead of him if he wants to count on this influential bloc turning out to the polls in his favor.

The survey, conducted from Oct. 12-16, found that while evangelical voters remain overwhelmingly conservative, they are largely unsatisfied with the current crop of Republican candidates, who they feel are not discussing their priorities - not gay marriage and abortion, with which evangelical voters are often identified, but issues that are also a top priority for voters overall, including the war in Iraq and health care.

Among white evangelical registered voters, 23 percent want to hear presidential candidates discuss health care, while 20 percent want them to talk about the war in Iraq. Both figures are only slightly lower than the overall population of registered voters. Abortion and same-sex marriage were at the bottom of the list for both groups.

In what could be an ominous signal for the Republicans running for president, white evangelicals - whose political views are typically more conservative than those of black evangelicals - feel that Democrats, not Republicans, are paying more attention to their top issues. Twenty-four percent said Democrats are talking about their top issue, compared to only 10 percent who said the same about Republicans. But Democrats should not get too excited about this figure - 35 percent of white evangelicals said neither party is addressing their top concern.

More ----> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/18/opinion/polls/main3383463.shtml

PDF of the survey results -----> http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/CBS_news_poll_101707.pdf

[gateley]

1. Man, I LOVE hearing that! nt

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Whoda thunk it; Christians are fed up with neocon killers?

Welcome to the rational side, followers o' Christ.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I think they've been Left Behind

deservedly

[opihimoimoi]

4. Only NOW do they realize they got SCAMMED/CONNED??? OH WELL, better late than never...

[historian]

5. aaaaaaawwwwwwwww poor babies

Why dont they get down on their knees and pray instead of whining and moaning??? thats what they want the rest of the rational world to do while they are getting royally shafted!

[still_one]

6. I feel the Democrats have left me out also. If it wasn't for Chris Dodd stoppintg the FISA cavein

which would allow illegal action of certain phone companies to go untouched, the Senate was ready to pass this bill with no accountability

I am sure the republican party has left their constituients done, and as someone said, deservedly so, but the Democrats for the last 7 plus years, have also left us down, with many voting for the IWR, patriot act, and the bankrupcy bill

[tanyev]

7. Whaaaa! The GOP is persecuting them by not paying enough attention to them.

We need a :bigcrybaby: smiley.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Not left out, left behind. (Turns out they were wrong!)

[Der Blaue Engel]

9. .

[Breeze54]

10. This is good news.

"Democrats, not Republicans, are paying more attention to their top issues"

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

As long as they vote for the Dems too! ;)

[NMMNG]

11. I can't seem to feel any pity for them

Nobody is rolling out the red carpet for them this time. Awwwww. :nopity: But it's interesting that the alleged two big "wedge issues" aren't really wedge issues at all and they're focusing on real things. Imagine that.

[Lex]

13. Yeah, I can't work up any sympathy for them either.

I can't decide who's weirder--the fundies or the repuke candidates runnings.

It's all one big shudder-fest. Ewww.

[stlsaxman]

12. and they'll feel even more left out when thier super best buddy KKKarl gets thrown in jail!

Ha-ha!

[Lex]

14. At this point, do you think

that will really happen?

It would be great, if so.

[stlsaxman]

15. Is there a statute of limitation on treason?

not as far as I know. here's to hoping.