God-o-Meter has noted that in southern states like Georgia and South Carolina, where Barack Obama won landslide victories, he fared best among frequent churchgoers. Among those voters, Obama won two-to-one over Hillary Clinton. But after Clinton was declared victorious in two culturally conservative states today–Tennessee and Oklahoma–God-o-Meter checked out the exit polls and saw that Hillary Clinton decisively won churchgoers in both states, even if her widest margins came among infrequent churchgoers. The difference between the states where Obama fared best among churchgoers and where Clinton did? Race. In Georgia and South Carolina, African Americans accounted for more than half of Democratic voters. In Tennessee and Oklahoma, blacks made up a much smaller part of the Democratic electorate–roughly 25-percent in Tennessee and about 5-percent in Oklahoma. You’ve heard of the God gap between Republican and Democrats. We’re now seeing a race-based God gap in the Democratic Party.
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posted February 14, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I don’t see how blacks voting for Obama because he’s black is so different from white, born again Christians voting for Bush because he’s a white, born again Christian. I don’t think they voted for him because he was resourceful enough to use his father’s influence to avoid the draft. I don’t think they voted for him because he proved incompetent in business in the private sector. Let’s face it, folks in the Religious Right will only support those who will push forward their radical social agenda which promotes hate and intolerance. That’s why the “born agains” supported Bush.
I do agree that supporting Obama primarily because he’s black is an awfully weak reason. However, I’m not black nor do I consider myself to be “born again”. Although Obama doesn’t have the political experience of George W., I do believe Obama has more integrity and moral character in his little pinky than “W” has in his entire body.
So, now you’re critical of Oprah trying to do something positive for the needy in Africa!?