Obama Leads McCain Among Christians

[Josh/Devilman88]

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[Alcon]

"Among the self-reported evangelicals who are likely to vote, John McCain holds a narrow 39% to 37% lead over Sen. Obama."

Okey doke!

All indications are that this is a horrible poll with a likely Obama bias, unfortunately.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

LOL

Well, it's over if Obama is leading among Christians and down by just 2 among evangelicals.

[Eraserhead]

49 state sweep for Obama coming up! lol.

[Democratic Hawk]

Obama 43%
McCain 34%
Others 5%
Undecided 21%

Sen. McCain has struggled to ignite widespread interest in his candidacy, as evidenced by the fact that a majority of just three out of the sixty voter segments studied would vote for him if the election were held today. In startling contrast, a majority of the likely voters from 16 voter segments would back Sen. Barack Obama. Among the segments in which neither candidate has majority support, Sen. Obama leads among 35 of those groups while Sen. McCain leads among only three ...

"Using the common approach of allowing people to self-identify as evangelicals, 40% of adults classify themselves as such. Among them, 83% are likely to vote in November. Among the self-reported evangelicals who are likely to vote, John McCain holds a narrow 39% to 37% lead over Sen. Obama . Nearly one-quarter of this segment (23%) is still undecided about who they will vote for.

Using the Barna approach of studying people’s core religious beliefs produces a very different outcome. Just 8% of the adult population qualifies as evangelical based on their answers to the nine belief questions. Among that segment, a significantly higher proportion (90%) is likely to vote in November, and Sen. McCain holds a huge lead (61%-17%) over the Democratic nominee. Overall, just 14% of this group remains undecided regarding their candidate of choice. ...

The Faith-Driven Vote

For the most part, the various faith communities of the U.S. currently support Sen. Obama for the presidency. Among the 19 faith segments that The Barna Group tracks, evangelicals were the only segment to throw its support to Sen. McCain. Among the larger faith niches to support Sen. Obama are non-evangelical born again Christians (43% to 31%); notional Christians (44% to 28%); people aligned with faiths other than Christianity (56% to 24%); atheists and agnostics (55% to 17%); Catholics (39% vs. 29%); and Protestants (43% to 34%). In fact, if the current preferences stand pat, this would mark the first time in more than two decades that the born again vote has swung toward the Democratic candidate."

Dave

[King]

49 state sweep for Obama coming up! lol.

49 state sweep?

[Stranger in a strange land]

suuuuuuuure

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He does in Utah.

[Person Man]

He does in Utah.

[War on Want]

He probably also leads among Christians in Idaho by a very small percentage.

[Alcon]

He probably also leads among Christians in Idaho by a very small percentage.

Ehh.

Bush won "Protestants" in Idaho 78%-21% in 2004.  Mormons are only 29% of Christians in the state.  I'll generously bump that to 35% for turnout.  I'll give Bush 90% of the Mormon vote.  He'd still have to get 72% of the non-Mormon Protestant vote.

The Catholic sample, even (probably more Dem than the Prot sample in a state like Idaho) was 60-40 Bush in 2004.

So, I'm thinking that's rather unlikely.

[Vsanto5]

I thought there was a poll earlier in the year with McCain leading amongst "christians".  Or maybe that was a generic GOP vs Liberal poll...