Poll: People Care More About Policies than Religion
During this election cycle, a lot of candidates have been pandering incessantly to the Religious Right under the assumption that wearing one’s religion on one’s sleeve will mean more votes.
Turns out they’re wrong.
A survey conducted by LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that just 16 percent of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate who speaks regularly about his or her religious beliefs.
In fact, religious discussion is a turnoff for many voters. Thirty percent of poll respondents said they were less likely to vote for candidates who flaunt their religious commitments.
This just goes to show how out of touch some politicians really are.
“Different people get a different picture in their mind when a political candidate shares or shows their religious convictions,” said Scott McConnell, director of LifeWay Research. “While some Americans warm up to this, many don’t see it as a positive.”
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The WORD OF GOD says that in the end days, the love for GOD will wax cold. This has come to pass, We, as a whole, have forgotten about GOD, HIS POWER, HIS PROMISES, to be with us as long as we honor HIM, follow HIS commandments. We simply, do not care about HIS WORD. That is the last thing we want to hear. We may think that GOD does not know what is in our hearts, he knows exactly how everyone of us think. We need to turn back to HIM if we expect our country to turn around. That is the only thing that will do it.
-MyrtlelinderSo they should – religion is stupid. You clowns cannot even agree on what you claim to be inerrant.
-ChrisOf course they do. Politics actually have a real impact of our lives.
-Jeff Dixon