The fact that Evangelicals are now considered a voting block scares me a bit.

[Burgman]

What if Jews or Catholics were touted as voting blocks? Or even (gasp) atheists? It's okay I guess if...

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

1. They are...

[ingac70]

2. Evangelicals have been a voting block since Carter....

and Jews and Catholics go back as a voting block even further.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. I was scared shitless in 2000

[Arkansas Granny]

4. They've been considered as such for years. I believe it started back in the 70's with

the moral majority. They've been heavily involved in politics for a long time.

[Mz Pip]

5. In some parts of the country

that's true. Huckabee won Iowa last time: Pat Robertson did too a while back. I don't think there really are enough of them to actually put someone like Huckabee or Robertson in the White House.

[Politicalboi]

6. This has been going on since Raygun

They're just getting bolder. You can not be an Atheist and run for office without going through landmines. At least at the Presidential level. Romney will have his, but it's nothing like an Atheist would get treated.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Jews are considered a strong DEMOCRATIC voting block, have been for a long time

Catholics have been considered a strong DEMOCRATIC block especially Irish Catholics, for quite a while.

Evangelicals have been a strong REPUBLICAN block since Reagan, at least,

[Burgman]

8. In my own experience most evangelicals are only people ripe

for plucking. Easily spoon fed ideas and thoughts just waiting to be told which way to bend.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. Scares me A LOT!!! :(

[sfpcjock]

10. Bachmann could get no traction with evangelical Big-Government busybodies in Iowa...

"because of her gender", the campaign said today, and because she sounded too much like Rocket J. Squirrel. - NBC

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Those are all voting blocks

The titles don't tell the truth, though.

For example, in our (extended) family we have "evangelicals." who are as liberal as ya wanna be.

A strong religious faith, on its face, is not a political indicator.