Good news for Obama. CNN exit poll (Louisiana): heavy church attenders prefer Obama

[marcellobarrios]

This is a good sign, because this is a group that traditionally prefers Republicans. Obama could make a dent in this group in November.

In this church attendance breakdown, we can see that in Louisiana,

Those who attend church more than weekly: Obama 62%, Clinton 35%
Those who attend church never: Clinton 64%, Obama 36%
Weekly: Obama 52%, Clinton 47%
Those who attend church a few times a year: Clinton 50%, Obama 45%

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#LADEM

[MadBadger]

1. I think calling them religious fanatics sounds a tad bit offensive. They are probably Af. Americans

[Faygo Kid]

13. Yes, African-Americans have a strong religious tradition. That's what they have clinged to.

Throughout their history, it has given them strength to go on. And to fight back.

[K Gardner]

18. I *Love* that picture !

[knowledgeispwr]

2. Those "fanatics" may be blacks that already support Dems

Also, the "church" is often the center of community activity in both white and black areas. Hence, those people may not be "fanatics."

[nonconformist]

3. What needs to be asked is how and why he's getting the fundie vote.

And the answer might NOT be a very good sign.

[Kermitt Gribble]

10. Exactly! n/t

[ingac70]

12. You forget...

that the black population is also a good chunk of the regular church going population. Probably the biggest chunk in the Democratic party.

[nonconformist]

20. Perhaps... but black voters typically break at least 80% Democrat, anyway.

And yet, I've never seen numbers like that before in our column.

[ingac70]

23. lots of folks that never bothered to vote before...

are voting. This includes a lot of blacks that figured "why bother?" before. Not to mention young folks!

[hedgehog]

21. So, heavy church attendence = fundie? I'd stay and argue, but

I have to go to bed so I can get up for church in the morning!

[tammywammy]

24. FUNDIE!!!

[dkf]

4. ok I'm not a religious person.

Why would you go to church more than once a week?

[Kahuna]

14. Bible study and or choir practice. nt

[ingac70]

17. Wednesday night, Sunday morning, and Sunday night....

That is what they do down here in the bible belt.

[dkf]

27. I had no idea.

[tammywammy]

26. I know a few people that go on Wednesdays and Sundays

When I attended regularly, I went Sundays and to a Bible study during the week. Plus there's choir practice.

[LiberalFighter]

31. So they don't get in trouble at home.

[Turn CO Blue]

5. Actually, "religious fanatics" prefer Huckabee.

[NMMNG]

6. Gee, could you make that more flame-baitey?

[Kahuna]

7. But..but..but..

He's a muslim..ssh.

[ursi]

8. you mean the Obama-Muslim email didn't work there?

[OzarkDem]

9. Just what we need

more religious zealots running government. Thanks but no thanks.

[Bluebear]

11. Yeah, a great sign. Government even more beholden to "heavy church attenders"

[sampsonblk]

15. Great sign for Obama and the party-nt

[LittleBlue]

16. The churchgoers of California broke for Clinton.

It's really hard to say what this stuff means.

[LeftyMom]

28. CA regular church attendees are fairly likely to be Catholic and latino.

Completely different demographic and mindset from southern protestants.

And outside of two counties (both of which are enormously Republican anyhow) we don't have many protestant fundies here, so the regular churchgoer thing isn't really the same demo here that it is in the south.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

19. The exits have showed that from the start

[Straight Shooter]

22. I hate to tell you this, but the GOP religious is going heavily for Huckabee.

McCain is struggling to hold back the red Huckabee tide. So if it comes down to religious voters, who do you think they're going to pick, a man who's going to run this country strictly by the Bible, or a pro-choice Democrat who wants to "embrace" gays?

When the religious enter the voting booth, allegiance to God trumps allegiance to race or party. Think about it.

[Nite Owl]

25. Seems like the good news is

he can pick up the churchgoers and the latte drinking Starbucks goers too! He crosses the lines which bodes well for the GE.

[Wednesdays]

29. What's a "heavy church"?

:shrug:

[marcellobarrios]

32. You grouped the wrong words

The words that are logically grouped are church and attenders.

church attenders is being modified by the adjective "heavy".

As it seems obvious, I was not talking about those who attend churches that weigh a lot of pounds.

[msongs]

30. it's the donnie mcclurkin crowd nt