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Wednesday October 8, 2008
Younger Evangelicals More Progressive on Issues. On Candidates, Not So Much.
One of the big takeaways from today's new poll on religious voters is that white evangelicals under 35 are a lot more progressive than their parents, by a number of different measures. It's worth noting that abortion is not one of them:
More than six-in-ten (62%) say abortion is very important to their vote, compared to 55% of older evangelicals. Young white evangelicals are also strongly opposed to abortion rights, with approximately one-third saying abortion should be legal all or most of the time--almost identical to the percentage of older evangelicals.
But gay rights and diplomacy and other issues are are a much different story:
On the issue of same-sex marriage, by contrast, the influence of their generational peers is clear. Nearly four-in-ten young evangelicals say they have a close friend or family member who is gay or lesbian--a rate approximately the same as all young adults and more than double the rate of older evangelicals. Among older evangelicals, nearly half (49%) say same-sex marriage is an important voting issue, and a strong majority (61%) say there should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship. Among younger white evangelicals, however, less than a majority see same-sex marriage as a very important voting issue, and a majority (52%) favor either same-sex marriage or civil unions. The generation gap is largest on the issue of marriage, where younger white evangelicals are more than 2.5 times as likely to support same-sex marriage than older white evangelicals.
Despite their conservative views on abortion and stereotypes as single-issue voters, like older white evangelicals, young white evangelicals have a voting agenda that is much broader than abortion and same-sex marriage. Fully two-thirds of younger evangelicals say they would still vote for a candidate even if the candidate disagreed with them on the issue of abortion. Younger evangelicals rank a number of other issues, such as economic issues, terrorism, and Iraq higher than abortion, and roughly equal numbers say that health care is a very important voting issue as say abortion.
....A majority (56%) of younger evangelicals believe that diplomacy rather than military strength is the best way to ensure peace, compared to only 44% of older white evangelicals. Finally, younger white evangelicals are more likely than older white evangelicals to favor a bigger government offering more services by a margin of 20 points (44% and 24% respectively).
And yet that leftward lurch on issues doesn't translate into as dramatic a shift on the candidates:
Like older evangelicals, younger evangelicals strongly identify with the Republican Party and support John McCain, but levels of support among younger evangelicals were modestly lower for McCain (65% vs. 69%) and higher for Barack Obama (29% vs. 25%). Like their generational peers, younger evangelicals are also significantly less likely to identify as conservative than older evangelicals.
So what gives? A few analysts on this morning's Faith in Public Life call pinned Obama's failure to peel off more young evangelical voters from John McCain on a lackluster effort to reach those voters by the Obama team.
That doesn't wash with God-o-Meter. Obama's religious outreach director is himself a 26-year-old Pentecostal. The Obama camp's current faith tour is built largely around sending evangelical author Donald Miller to evangelical campuses like Calvin College and to campuses in evangelical strongholds, such as Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
An Obama aide says the campaign's religious outreach team had no illusions about being able to make major inroads into the evangelical world: "Our outreach is concentrated in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. We're talking to moderate faith voters broadly, often more to Mainline Protestants than evangelicals. Bush won Mainliners in 2004 so that's been a focus. We're winning Catholics and Mainliners and Latino evangelicals, and we've increased over 2004 among evangelicals while McCain has dropped a few points."
But it's undeniable that evangelical outreach has been a major focus of Obama's effort. So what's the real reason his evangelical outreach has paid such patry dividends?
Filed Under: evangelicals, polls, young evangelicals
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Wednesday October 8, 2008
New Poll: Obama Gains Among Monthly Attenders, Younger Christians
The progressive religious group Faith in Public Life, founded after the '04 elections, is holding a conference call right now on its new polling of religious Americans, paying special attention to young evangelicals, Catholics, and other
Some key findings from the poll:
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Monthly worship attenders swing to Obama in 2008. The greatest shift in candidate preference between 2004 and 2008 has occurred among voters who attend religious services once or twice a month, moving from 49% support for Kerry in 2004 to 60% support for Obama in 2008. McCain maintains a significant advantage among voters who attend more frequently, while Obama has a nearly identical advantage over McCain among those who attend once or twice a month or less often.
- More Americans think Obama is friendly to religion than McCain. Forty-nine percent of Americans say Obama is friendly towards religion, while 45% say McCain is friendly towards religion. More than seven-in-ten (71%) say it is important for public officials to be comfortable talking about religious values.
- Younger Catholics more strongly support Obama, abortion rights, and more active government than older Catholics. While older Catholics (age 35 and older) are split between the candidates (46% for McCain and 44% for Obama), among younger Catholics Obama leads McCain by 15 points (55% to 40%). Six-in-ten younger Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared to half of older Catholics. Younger Catholics are more pro-government than any other religious group, with two-thirds preferring bigger government with more services, compared to 41% support among older Catholics.
- Younger white evangelicals strongly oppose abortion rights but are less conservative and more supportive of same-sex marriage than older evangelicals. Young white evangelicals are strongly opposed to abortion rights, with two-thirds saying abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. Yet, less than half (49%) of younger evangelicals identify as conservative, compared to nearly two-thirds (65%) of older evangelicals. Among young evangelicals, a majority favor either same-sex marriage (24%) or civil unions (28%), compared to a majority (61%) of older evangelicals who favor no legal recognition of gay couples' relationships.
- Younger white evangelicals are more pluralistic and more supportive of active government at home and of diplomacy abroad. While less than one-third (30%) of older evangelicals say a person can be moral without believing in God, 44% of younger evangelicals affirm this idea, a 14-point gap. A majority (56%) of younger evangelicals believe diplomacy rather than military strength is the best way to ensure peace, compared to only 44% of older white evangelicals. Younger white evangelicals are also more likely than older white evangelicals to favor a bigger government offering more services, by a margin of 21 points (44% and 23% respectively).
- Generation gap on same-sex marriage is large and increasing. Nearly half (46%) of young adults say gay couples should be allowed to marry, compared to only 29% of Americans overall. Over the last two years, support for same-sex marriage among young adults has jumped 9 points (from 37% to 46%), and the generation gap has nearly doubled. Support for same-sex marriage is significant among young religious Americans. Among young white mainline Protestants and Catholics, close to half (48% and 44% respectively) support same-sex marriage. Young white evangelicals are 2.5 times as likely as older evangelicals to say that gay couples should be allowed to marry (25% to 9%).
For full poll results, click here.
Filed Under: Catholics, Evangelicals, Faith in Public Life, polls
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Tuesday October 7, 2008
Evidence of a Narrowing God Gap
Spiritual Politics' Mark Silk took a close look at the new Survey USA poll from Virginia, which gives Obama an eye-popping ten-point lead, and discerned a narrowing of the God Gap--including the white God gap:
Since SUSA's late June Virginia poll, in which Obama led by only two points (49-47), the numbers for occasional attenders and those who say they almost never attend have hardly changed at all. (Obama lost one point off his margin with the occasionals, gained one with the almost nevers.) Virtually the entire change has come from a shift among regular attenders, who constitute half of Virginia's likely voters. In June, McCain was leading among them 55-42. Now Obama's better than even, 49-47.
God-o-Meter wrote last week that the God Gap remained more or less unchanged, despite Obama's rise in national polls. As Obama breaks away from McCain in certain states, though, that appears to be changing.
Filed Under: God Gap, Mark Silk, polls
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Tuesday October 7, 2008
A Pro-Life View of Abortion as "Intrinsically Evil"
Many in the conservative pro-life movement are getting fed up with Barack Obama's overtures to pro-lifers by offering a new take on the issue, vowing to reduce demand for abortion rather than curtailing abortion rights. This growing frustration is evident...Filed Under: abortion, Bill Donohue, Catholic, Catholic League, Deal Hudson, Douglas Johnson, Inside Catholic, National Right to Life Committee
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Friday October 3, 2008
New Pro-Life/Pro-Obama Web Site
The Matthew 25 Network, founded by John Kery's onetime religious outreach director, launched a new pro-Obama site targeting pro-lifers this week. The site prominently features former Reagan/Bush 1 legal counsel Doug Kmiec, who God-o-Meter interviewed recently, making a case for...Filed Under: abortion, Douglas Kmiec, pro-life, web sites
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Friday October 3, 2008
Despite Obama's Lead, God Gap's as Wide as Ever
Pew is out with new numbers tracking which religious groups (Beliefnet might call 'em tribes) are preferring which presidential candidate when over the last few months. What strikes God-o-Meter is how little movement there's been among candidate preferences in the last...Filed Under: evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, polls, white Catholics
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Monday September 29, 2008
Doug Kmiec Responds to National Right to Life
In response to God-o-Meter's interview with former Reagan/Bush White House counsel Douglas Kmiec (pictured) about his new pro-Obama book Can A Catholic Support Him?, National Right to Life Legislative Director Douglas Johnson posted a long critique in the comments section....Filed Under: abortion, Catholic, Douglas Johnson, Douglas Kmiec, National Right to Life Committee
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Thursday September 25, 2008
Obama Religious Reps Bow Out of Debate with McCain Team
Family Research Council Action is alerting constituents that a senior Barack Obama advisor on religious issues bowed out of a high-profile debate with a counterpart from the McCain campaign yesterday: People hoping for a lively discussion on faith and values...Filed Under: Bob Heckman, debate, Family Research Council Action, religious outreach, Terri La Velle
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Thursday September 25, 2008
The Economy as a Values Issue. Will it Work?
Since 2004, Democrats have been working to frame economic concerns as values issues. A good example was the wave of state ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage in 2006, in which liberal religious groups played a leading role....Filed Under: Economy, messaging, values, values voters
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Tuesday September 23, 2008
God-o-Meter Q+A with Doug Kmiec on His New Pro-Obama Book
Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to President Reagan and George H.W. Bush and former dean of Catholic University, is out with a new book, Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Questions about Barack Obama (read an excerpt). Kmiec talked...Filed Under: abortion, book, Catholics, Douglas Kmiec, interview
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Monday September 22, 2008
First Take on Obama's Newest Christian Radio Ad
Friday September 19, 2008
Obama Reaches Out to Religion Newswriters Association
Obama Gains Big Among White Catholics
Obama Launches (Another) Faith Tour
Thursday September 18, 2008
Why A Tight Race in Indiana and North Carolina?
Wednesday September 17, 2008
Obama's Lingering Catholic Troubles
Faith in Obama's Christian Commitment
Filed Under: Stephen Mansfield
Doug Kmiec's Book-Length Obama Defense
Tuesday September 16, 2008
Still Questioning Obama's Christian Claims
New Anti-Obama Ad on Infant Born Alive Act
Monday September 15, 2008
Obama Rolls Out New Line of Faith Merchandise
Jesus Christ Was a Community Organizer. Pontius Pilate was a Governor.
Thursday September 11, 2008
The Religious Right in Florida: It's Alive
Wednesday September 10, 2008
Catholic Bishops Knock Biden
Faith-Based False Rumors About Palin
Monday September 8, 2008
National Right to Life: Biden's Abortion Stance Shows Obama's Extremism
Biden, Abortion, and the Media's Either/Or Coverage
Obama's Muslim Gaffe: The YouTube Effect
Signs of Progress for Obama's Religious Outreach?
5 Ways Obama's Abortion Answer Helps With Cultural Conservatives
Friday September 5, 2008
Are Evangelicals More Republican than Ever?
Thursday September 4, 2008
Obama's New Pro-Choice Ad Silent on Abortion Reduction
Tuesday September 2, 2008
God, guns, gays: a Republican Distraction?
Friday August 29, 2008
Joel Hunter's Ecumenical Convention Closing Benediction
Thursday August 28, 2008
Obama's Olive Branch to Cultural Conservatives
Wednesday August 27, 2008
Bob Casey Jr's Abortion Line
Brian Schweitzer's Faith Talk
Tuesday August 26, 2008
God-o-Meter Talks to Bob Casey Jr. Before Tonight's Convention Speech
Filed Under: abortion, Bob Casey Jr., Catholics, Democratic convention, economy, Pennsylvania, speech
The Democratic Convention's Opening Night Benediction
Monday August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama's Convention Speech: Focus on the Family
Biden's Catholic Experience: The Kerry Parallels Mount
Joe Biden: The Catholic Factor
Sunday August 24, 2008
How this Democratic Convention Will be Different, More Faithy
Thursday August 21, 2008
Obama Runs Ralph Reed Ad in Atlanta
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Is Warren Less Open-Minded Than He Lets On?
Filed Under: abortion, climate change, faith-based initiatives, gay marraige, HIV/AIDS, poverty, Rick Warren, Saddleback Civil Forum
Monday August 18, 2008
Rick Warren to God-o-Meter: Obama, Dems Can't Just Talk Faith
Friday August 15, 2008
Obama Wants Saddleback to be His Comfort Zone. His Alone.
Filed Under: abortion, evangelicals, gay marriage, John McCain, personal faith, Rick Warren, Saddleback
The New Pro-Family Obama Ad
Wednesday August 13, 2008
Catholic League Attacks Dem Convention, Casey Speaking Slot
Casey to Speak at Democratic Convention
Tuesday August 12, 2008
The Strongest Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Democratic Platform Ever
Monday August 11, 2008
Democratic Convention to Open With Interfaith Service
No Faith Themes Yet for Democratic Convention
Filed Under: Anita Dunn, Bob Casey Jr. Tim Kaine, Democratic convention, Kathleen Sebelius, Leah Daughtry
Thursday August 7, 2008
10 Ways Obama's TIME Faith Essay Targets Evangelicals
The Vibrancy of the Catholic Vote
Unlike Dad, Bob Casey Jr. Might Speak at Democratic Convention
Filed Under: abortion, Barack Obama, Bob Casey, Bob Casey Jr., Catholics, Democratic convention, New York Times
Monday August 4, 2008
Obama Winning Financially Struggling (and Religious) Workers
Filed Under: Obama; Lower Wage Workers; Washington Post
Friday August 1, 2008
Sebelius Silence on Catholocism Could be Liability with Obama
Thursday July 31, 2008
Video: Tim Kaine on Faith as the Driver of his Politics
New Quinnipiac Poll: Obama's Catholic Problem Persists
Wednesday July 30, 2008
Obama's Faith Team Coordinates with Hill Dems
Tuesday July 29, 2008
Does Obama Risk Catholic Backlash With a Catholic VP?
Obama's VP Short List: Religion on the Brain
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholics, Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Kathleen Sebelius, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tim Kaine, vice president
Monday July 28, 2008
Is the News Media Fabricating Obama's Evangelical Gains?
Faith-Based Initiatives' Democratic Forbears?
Friday July 25, 2008
Some Think Obama Needs to Stress Faith Over Works
Israelis Prefer Obama
In Politics, God is Never Private
Obamicas. McCippahs.
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Religious Left is Growing Up Faster than Religious Right Did
Filed Under: ads, Barack Obama, Christian radio, Mara Vanderslice, Matthew 25 Network, religious left
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Obama Hires Muslim Liaison
Monday July 21, 2008
Obama's American Values Report, Take 2
Filed Under: American Values Report, Barack Obama, faith outreach, Jewish, Pentecostals, Reform Judaism
Wednesday July 16, 2008
If McCain's Vouchers Violate Church/State Separation, What About Obama's Faith-Based Initatives?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, church and state, faith-based initiatives, John McCain, Kathryn Kolbert, NAACP, People for the American Way, religious right, school vouchers
Obama and Evangelicals: A Modest Mission
Filed Under: 2004 election, Barack Obama, evangelicals, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John McCain, John Schmalzbauer, Ohio
Tuesday July 15, 2008
If Obama Can't Make Evangelical Gains, Should Dems Give Up?
New Yorker Cover: Where's the Outrage on Muslim Portrayal?
Monday July 14, 2008
Interns Arrive, Obama's Faith Blog Takes Off
Filed Under: American Values Report, Barack Obama, blog, internet, interns, religious outreach, technology
Obama Launches 'American Values Report'
Filed Under: American Values Report, Barack Obama, Catholics, Commonweal, Methodists, religious outreach
Thursday July 10, 2008
10,000 Catholics for Obama
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Obama's Left Flank
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Bob Herbert, church and state, faith-based initiatives, New York Times, religious right, secular left
ISO Obama's Abortion Stance
Monday July 7, 2008
The Pro-Life Anti-Obama Campaign
Filed Under: abortion, Barack Obama, Christian Defense Coalition, Christian Right, Patrick Mahoney, pro-choice, pro-life
Obama Melds Social Gospel, Personal Salvation Theology
Filed Under: African A, Barack Obama, black church, evangelicals, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John McCain, salvation, social gospel
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Catholic League: 'Obama's Faith-Based Gambit a Fraud'
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Catholics, faith-based initiatives, Family Research Council
Pro-Obama Ads on Christian Radio
Filed Under: ads, Barack Obama, Christian radio, Colorado Springs, Mara Vanderslice, Matthew 25 Network
Obama in Touch with Focus on the Family
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Christian Right, Colorado Springs, evangelicals, Focus on the Family, James Dobson
Family Research Council Pooh-Poohs Obama Faith-Based Initiative
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Christian Right, evangelicals, Family Research Council Action, gay marriage, John McCain, Tony Perkins
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Why Obama's Faith-Based Initiatives Matter
Obama to Unveil Faith-Based Initiatives Plan
Filed Under: Barack Obama, faith-based initiatives
Saturday June 28, 2008
Christian Conservatives Against Dobson
Wednesday June 25, 2008
New Website Defends Obama Speech Against Dobson
Filed Under: Obama; Dobson; Kirbyjon Caldwell
Obama, Pushing Religious Outreach, Comes under Dobson's Fire
Tuesday June 24, 2008
For Obama: A New Muslim Issue, With Its Own Challenges
Filed Under: Obama; Muslims; New York Times; Keith Ellison
Monday June 23, 2008
For Obama: A Book on His Religion and a Boost from Bloomberg
Filed Under: Obama; Personal Faith; Bloomberg; Muslim; Lies
Friday June 20, 2008
Catholic Professor, Rebuked by Priest, Hangs In With Obama
Filed Under: Obama; Catholics; Abortion
Wednesday June 18, 2008
A Catholic Theologian Says Catholics Can Vote for Obama
Filed Under: Obama; Catholics; Vote; Abortion; Iraq; Commonweal;
Monday June 16, 2008
Obama: Speaking in Church and Taking Fire in Print
Filed Under: Obama; Father's Day; Church; Jesus
Friday June 13, 2008
Obama Campaign Combatting Religious "Smears"
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Bill Donohue Responds to Obama Camp on God-o-Meter
Obama's Catholic Board Alive and Kicking
Monday June 9, 2008
Catholic League: Is Obama's Catholic Board Toast?
Sunday June 8, 2008
Obama's Prayer Calls
Thursday June 5, 2008
Obama Gets Testimonial. About Israel.
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Obama Detractors Keep Pastor Attacks Alive
Pfleger Put on Leave, Catholic Church Goes Political
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Politicians and Pastors: Different Routes to Splitsville
GOPers Won't Let Wright/Pfleger Go
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Thomas Sowell, Trinity United Church of Christ
What Was Wright's Role in Clinton's Resurgence?
Monday June 2, 2008
Are Wright and Pfleger History?
Saturday May 31, 2008
Obama's Church Resignation: Not a Rebuke
Did Obama Have to Leave Trinity UCC?
Churches as Political Liabilities
Thursday May 29, 2008
Obama's Catholic Problem Shrinks, Doesn't Disappear
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholics
Thursday May 22, 2008
Wright Postpones More Public Appearances
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Wednesday May 21, 2008
UCC Cleared of Supporting Obama
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Jews Matter in November. Obama's OK With That.
Sunday May 18, 2008
Memo to Obama on Family Values
Saturday May 17, 2008
Kmiec Denied Communion for Backing Obama
Thursday May 15, 2008
In Israel, Bush Suggests Obama's an Appeaser
New Obama Values Ads in Kentucky
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Obama's Churchy Kentucky Office
Obama's Christian Lit. Where's the Outrage?
Wright's Toll in West Virginia
Wright Attack Fails in Mississippi
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Wright vs. Bush: An Unpopularity Contest
Obama's Expanding Campaign for Jews
Monday May 12, 2008
Why Clinton's Sticking Around
Barack Obama: What Israel and the Jews Mean to Me
Evidence that Evangelicals Aren't Budging
The Obama Supporter Who Married Jenna Bush
Is Obama's Values Problem Faith-Based?
Thursday May 8, 2008
Obama Backers Smack Back at Catholic League
Kirbyjon Caldwell And Obama's Faith Outreach
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Does Catholic Outreach Matter?
Obama Camp Explains Catholic Gains
Wright Looms Large, But Obama Beats Him
Obama Improves Among Catholics
Tuesday May 6, 2008
Catholic League Whacks Obama (Again)
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholic League
Monday May 5, 2008
Does the Christian Right Fear Obama?
First Polls on Obama's Wright Denouncement
Obama Becomes Star of GOP Ads
Filed Under: ads, Barack Obama
Sunday May 4, 2008
Progressive Catholics (and Obama) Strike Back
Friday May 2, 2008
Obama Camp Responds to Catholic League
Catholic League Smacks Obama
Obama: Small Towners as Source of Values
Thursday May 1, 2008
Michelle Obama: Barack is the Anti-Wright
What Will Wright Do Next?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Wednesday April 30, 2008
An Anti-Wright Ad--From a Democrat
Turning Wright Around
Why Wright's Black Church is Different
Does Wright Want to Sink Obama?
The Mailbag
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Video: Obama Breaks With Wright
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Obama's Wright Outrage: Is it Enough?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
A Growing Chorus for Obama to Disown Wright
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Why Wright's Not Beside the Point
Obama's Catholic Problem? Catholics' Black Problem?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholics, David Gibson, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Jackson Deal, Steve Waldman
Clinton Supporter Organized Wright Appearance
Monday April 28, 2008
Wright Ratchets Up Rhetoric
A Second Wright Ad
Why Won't Wright Quit?
Friday April 25, 2008
The Wright Interview: Not Winning Converts
Thursday April 24, 2008
A Sneak Peak at the Wright interview
The Absurdity of 'Obama as Atheist'
The Perils of Wright Going Public
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Obama Did Gain (Slightly) Among Catholics
The New Wright/Obama Ad
Let the Wright Ads Begin
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Obama's Secular Pennsylvania Base
Obama Loses Pennsylvania Catholics Big
Obama and Catholics: Evidence of Inroads?
Obama's Quiet Church Visit
Rev. Wright Grants a TV Interview
Church Asks 'Are Obama and Osama Bros?'
Monday April 21, 2008
Obama's Values Guy in Pennsylvania
Obama Catholic Outreach Failing
Thursday April 17, 2008
Catholics for Obama Organize Around Pope
Obama Backers Holding 'Days of Service' for Pope Visit
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Obama's Defense System on Clinging to Faith
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Michael Gerson
Monday April 14, 2008
Obama First to Welcome Pope
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Pope Benedict XVI
Wright Speaks, Sans Fireworks
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Obama's Catholic Problem In November
Are 'Compassion Forums' Relevant?
Sunday April 13, 2008
Religious Obama Backers Proud of Clinging to Faith
Filed Under: Barack Obama
The Authenticity Threat to Obama
Friday April 11, 2008
Obama's Catholic Committee: The Lineup
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Catholics
Obama Launches Catholic Council
Cheney Enters Wright Fray
Thursday April 10, 2008
Meet Obama's New Pastor
Rev. Wright to Keynote NAACP Event
Talking LGBT, Talking Church
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Top Clinton Supporter Slams Obama on Wright
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Obama's New Pro-Family Ad
The Elites' Wright/Obama Doubts
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Q&A With Bob Casey, Jr: Obama and Catholics
Monday April 7, 2008
Super-Delegates Worried Over Wright
Obama Shirks Gay Press
The Coming Wright Ads
A 'Muslim Speech' for Obama?
Friday April 4, 2008
Obama's Church Tightens Rules on Press
New Polls Give Obama Edge Among Faithful
Obama To Join Clinton at Faith Forum
Thursday April 3, 2008
UCC Launches Post-Wright Ad Campaign
Wednesday April 2, 2008
The Obama Faith Advantage Myth
Wright Stays Mum
Tim Roemer, Pro-Lifer for Obama: Q&A
Where's Obama on Abortion?
Wright on Delegates' Minds
Tuesday April 1, 2008
For Obama, More Church Trouble
Wright's Toll Revisited
Who's Scrubbing Wright, Trinity UCC?
Monday March 31, 2008
Democratic Battle for Catholics Intensifies
One in Ten Americans Think Obama's Muslim
WIll Wright Stick Around?
Should the Media Give Wright a Rest?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Friday March 28, 2008
Obama: Would've Left Church Over Wright
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Bridging the Black/White Church Divide
The Casey Endorsement and Catholic Outreach
Thursday March 27, 2008
Obama Not Toning Down Church Talk
'God damn America': Audio and Transcript
New Poll: No 'Rev. Wright Toll' Among Dems
Wednesday March 26, 2008
The Charitable Obamas
Rev. Wright Cancels Public Appearances
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Tuesday March 25, 2008
Doug Kmiec's Inbox
Kmiec's Obama Endorsement: What He's Thinking
The Christian Right Fears Obama
Monday March 24, 2008
Trinity UCC's New Blog
Obama's Church Keeps it Fiery
Obama Says He Has Challenged Wright
Huckabee Defends Wright and Obama
Conservative Catholic Backs Obama
Thursday March 20, 2008
Wright's Toll
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Drafting Obama's Speech
Tuesday March 18, 2008
More Evidence of Black/White Divide?
Obama's Big Admission
Has Obama Shifted Debate to His Own Terms?
Monday March 17, 2008
The Line From Trinity
Obama's Church Cites Media 'Crucifixion'
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Friday March 14, 2008
Rev. Wright Leaves Obama Camp
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Obama Would Have Left His Church?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Thursday March 13, 2008
Obama Camp: Now that Rev. Wright's Retired...
Jeremiah Wright's Revenge?
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Obama's Evangelical Appeal: Where's the Evidence?
Thursday March 6, 2008
Obama Reacts First to Jerusalem Attack
Tuesday March 4, 2008
Dallas Morning News: God-o-Meter, not Obama, Blameworthy
Huff Post Editor: Obama Not Blameworthy for False Rumors
Monday March 3, 2008
A Mass Jewish 'Barack-Lash'
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Jews
Has Obama Made Himself Vulnerable to False Rumors?*
Sunday March 2, 2008
Obama's Purpose-Driven Worldview
Thursday February 28, 2008
Tennessee GOP & The Muslim Card
Michelle Obama: Hussein as Fear Bomb
Middle Name Calling
Obama's Schiavo Regrets
Wednesday February 27, 2008
IRS Investigates Obama's Denomination
Obama Really Winning the Faith Vote?
To Denounce or Reject?
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Obama's Vetting
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Doug Wead
More Word of Obama's Muslim Support
Monday February 25, 2008
Mrs. Obama: Holes in Our Souls
Obama as Adam. Yes, that Adam.
Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises
Still Allaying Jewish Concerns
Clinton Camp Fans false Obama-as-Muslim Rumors
Friday February 22, 2008
Obama as Messiah
Filed Under: Barack Obama, secular preacher
Thursday February 21, 2008
Muslims for Obama
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Muslim vote
Wednesday February 20, 2008
Does Richard Land Favor Obama?
Tuesday February 19, 2008
The Catholic (Republican) Case for Obama
Thursday February 14, 2008
Conservative Christians for Obama?
Muslim Rumors, Jewish Edition
Thursday February 7, 2008
Evangelical Expectations Setting
Wednesday February 6, 2008
The Democratic Faith Wars
Tuesday February 5, 2008
Among Churchgoers, an Obama Landslide
Monday February 4, 2008
For Guns and Jesus
Sunday January 27, 2008
Obama Stops By Another Evangelical Church
Filed Under: Barack Obama, casting stones, church appearance, evangelicals, Georgia, Hillary Clinton
Saturday January 26, 2008
Religious Voters Back Obama
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Should Obama Defend Muslims?
Obama Still Tackling Muslim Rumor
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Obama's Beliefnet Interview
W's Spiritual Advisor Backs Obama
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Obama's Preacher Back in the Spotlight
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Obama's Christian Lit
Tuesday January 8, 2008
Obama Becomes his Party's Secular Preacher
Friday January 4, 2008
A Window into Obama's Faith Ground Game
Thursday January 3, 2008
Obama Asked if He's an Atheist
Filed Under: atheist, Barack Obama
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Obama Number 1 in Clergy Donations
Wednesday December 26, 2007
Ministers Deny Endorsing Obama
Thursday December 20, 2007
Obama Releases Christmas Ad
Monday December 17, 2007
Christianizing a Christian Candidate
Thursday November 8, 2007
CBN Highlights Obama's Prayer Life
Tuesday October 16, 2007
Obama Copies Bush '04 Tactics
Monday October 15, 2007
Obama Preaches Green Gospel
Filed Under: Democrat, evangelical, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, Richard Cizik, Rick Warren
Sunday October 14, 2007
Obama Stages Gospel Music Tour. Seriously.
Wednesday October 10, 2007
Obama Church Appearance Riles Some Believers
Monday October 8, 2007
Obama: How I Came to Jesus
Friday October 5, 2007
More Subtlety From Obama: "40 Days of Faith and Family"
Tuesday September 11, 2007
In Iowa, Obama campaign stages Iowa “faith tour”
Thursday August 30, 2007
Obama’s Iran divestment = Jewish support?
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The God-o-Meter® (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) scientifically measures factors such as rate of God-talk, effectiveness—saying God wants a capital gains tax cut doesn't guarantee a high rating—and other top-secret criteria (Actually, the adjustment criteria are here). Click a candidate's head to get his or her latest God-o-Meter reading and blog post. And check back often. With so much happening on the campaign trail, God-o-Meter is constantly recalibrating!
God-o-Meter® blogger Dan Gilgoff is Beliefnet's Politics Editor. A former political correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, he is author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War.
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