Obama Made Gains Among GOP Base Of White Evangelical Voters
President-elect Barack Obama succeeded in chiseling off small but significant chunks of white evangelical voters who have been the foundation of the R...
President-elect Barack Obama succeeded in chiseling off small but significant chunks of white evangelical voters who have been the foundation of the R...
Hilary Rosen | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
It was the day McCain spoke at Liberty University. In my view, that day began the destruction of one of the best brands in American politics.
Jill Colvin | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
After helping President Bush secure a second term victory in 2004, Hispanic voters have been abandoning Republican candidates and returning en mass to the Democratic Party, polls show.
Christine Wicker | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home
If McCain wins this election, the Religious Right and Sarah Palin will take the credit. The Religious Right's hold on the Republican Party will be even stronger, and the party will be pulled deeper into an extremism that serves only a small minority of Americans.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
As we close in on the 2008 election, the increasingly desperate Republicans will do what they have learned to do best: court the sincere but misinformed Evangelical voters by lying to them.
Christine Wicker | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home
For the first time in two decades, the born-again vote (a key segment of the evangelical vote) is moving toward Democrats instead of Republicans. These Americans give Obama a 12-point lead, 43 percent to 31 percent.
Christine Wicker | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
The idea of demeaning another religion by encouraging conversion offends us. It's playing dirty pool. Imperialism of the worst kind. Isn't that strange? Dropping Bibles seems more offensive than dropping bombs.
Christine Wicker | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home
One out of four Americans identifies as evangelical. A recent Pew survey of their opinions, however, found a diversity that should give political pundits pause and fuel Obama's efforts to woo them.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — If Christian conservatives stay on the sidelines during the fall campaign, presidential hopeful John McCain probably stays in t...
New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics