May 1, 2008
Religion and Progressive Politics in the 2008 Election
Religious activists with progressive perspectives have made their voices heard in the 2008 campaign. Senior Fellow John Green spoke with the directors of two progressive religious organizations and a professor of political science to find out where the "religious left" movement came from and how it might influence this year's election.
Religion and Progressive Politics in the 2008 Election
Religious activists with progressive perspectives have made their voices heard in the 2008 campaign. Senior Fellow John Green spoke with the directors of two progressive religious organizations and a professor of political science to find out where the "religious left" movement came from and how it might influence this year's election.
Public Opinion & Analysis
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April 25, 2008 Does Obama Have a Problem Among Catholic Voters? Senior Fellow John Green and Associate Director Mark O'Keefe discuss Barack Obama's limited success with Catholic voters in Pennsylvania and look ahead to the primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. |
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April 11, 2008 A Primer on the Primary: Religious Voters in Pa. The April 22 Pennsylvania primary looms large in the tight contest for the Democratic nomination. In an interview with Pew Forum Associate Director Mark O'Keefe, Senior Fellow John Green explains the connections Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain are trying to make with the state's religious voters. |
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April 3, 2008 Courting Catholics in 2008 Senior Fellow John Green discusses Catholic voting trends in past elections, the challenges facing the campaigns as they reach out to Catholics and how the church’s growing Hispanic population may impact future elections. |
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March 13, 2008 Is the 'God Gap' Closing? In new books, Amy Sullivan of Time magazine and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post contend the "God gap" between Democratic and Republican Voters is closing, with implications for the 2008 election. They discussed their books with journalists at a recent Pew Forum event. |
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March 10, 2008 Politics and the Pulpit 2008 With news reports that the IRS is investigating the United Church of Christ over a speech Barack Obama gave at the church's national meeting last year, congregations are wondering what role, if any, they can play in the political process. The Forum asked a leading legal expert to write a set of guidelines explaining the IRS rules. |
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March 7, 2008 Religion and the Remaining Primaries Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green discusses how the candidates fared among religious voters in the March 4 primaries, the role that religious voters could play in upcoming Democratic contests and whether false rumors about Obama's faith could hurt his chances for the nomination. |
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February 8, 2008 Does McCain Need Evangelical Voters? Senior Fellow John Green looks at the importance of the evangelical vote for the McCain campaign, the challenges posed by religious constituencies across the primary field and the impact of Mitt Romney’s withdrawal on the race for the Republican nomination. |
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February 1, 2008 Personal Faith and Candidate Image in the 2008 Campaign The personal faith of candidates has played a significant role in the 2008 campaign. Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green answered questions about the history of faith in presidential politics, campaign efforts to religiously define candidates and how the faith factor might impact Super Tuesday. |
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January 24, 2008 Will Evangelical Voters Rally Around a Single Candidate in 2008? With Super Tuesday fast approaching, the Pew Forum's John Green answered questions about evangelical voting patterns in the early primaries, evangelical response to the Romney campaign and Democratic efforts to reach out to evangelical voters. |
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December 4, 2007 The Religion Factor in the 2008 Election Drawing on his own analysis of extensive survey data, Pew Forum Senior Fellow John Green discussed the structure of religion and politics in the U.S. and how it may influence the 2008 presidential election. Green spoke with journalists at the December 2007 Faith Angle Conference. |
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December 4, 2007 How the Public Perceives Romney, Mormons Mitt Romney's "Faith in America" speech on Thursday, Dec. 6, acknowledged his Mormon beliefs while explaining his view of religion's role in public life. A Pew Research Center analysis of recent polling data examines the public's mixed views of Mormonism and perceptions of Romney. |
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November 7, 2007 Religious Groups' Presidential Candidate Preferences A new analysis of recent surveys show Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani as the preferred candidates among key religious groups. Giuliani, though, garners considerably less support from white evangelical Protestants than he does from white mainline Protestants and white Catholics. |
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October 15, 2007 A Portrait of Republican Social-Issue Voters A large portion of Republican voters say social issues will be very important in deciding who to vote for in the 2008 election. An analysis of a recent Pew Research Center survey finds that these Republican social-issue voters differ from other members of the GOP coalition. |
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September 28, 2007 Young White Evangelicals: Less Republican, Still Conservative An analysis of surveys conducted between 2001 and 2007 suggests that young white evangelicals have become increasingly dissatisfied with President Bush and are moving away from the GOP. The question is whether these changes will result in a shift in white evangelical votes in 2008 and beyond. |
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September 6, 2007 Clinton, Giuliani Not Seen as Very Religious; Romney's Mormonism Raises Concerns Religion is not proving to be a clear-cut positive in the 2008 presidential campaign, a September survey finds. The candidates viewed by voters as the least religious among the leading contenders are front-runners Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, while voters still express concern about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith. |
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August 21, 2007 Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps For many political prognosticators, one of the major issues to watch in the 2008 campaign is the so-called "religion gap." But an analysis of public opinion surveys and national exit polls shows there are at least two religion gaps, one based on religious affiliation and the other based on frequency of attendance at worship services. Together they played a major role in 2004, and may do so again in 2008. |
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June 22, 2007 Religious Republicans: Hanging Tough with Bush Analysis of the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press shows that religious Republicans strongly approve of President Bush's job performance, suggesting that religious Republicans are still a firm part of the GOP base. |
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June 18, 2007 New Analysis of Presidential Candidates' Support among Religious Groups A new survey analysis shows that Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani have strong levels of support across religious groups, but that enthusiasm and knowledge about other candidates varies among Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelicals. |
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June 6, 2007 Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee Discusses Faith and Politics The Pew Forum invited former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to discuss the fate of social conservatives and how he sees religion playing out in the 2008 election and beyond. Huckabee also addressed his experiences as a pastor and a governor and answered questions about how his faith guides his public life. |
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May 16, 2007 An Evolving Debate about Evolution The fact that evolution was raised during the first Republican presidential debate demonstrates how recent high profile battles over teaching evolution in public schools have increased awareness of the controversy. |
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May 16, 2007 Public Views of Presidential Politics and Mormon Faith Surveys show strong public misgivings about the religion as well as about any presidential candidate who also belongs to the church |
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April 19, 2007 High Court Decision Could Raise Abortion's Profile in Campaign The 5-4 Supreme Court decision on April 18 upholding a federal law banning a highly controversial abortion procedure may dramatically raise abortion's importance in the presidential election campaign. |
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April 19, 2007 The Culture War and the Coming Election At the moment no hot-button issue looms over the 2008 election, but events could change that quickly. |
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April 3, 2007 Presidential Preferences Among Religious Groups A new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press examines the candidate preferences of several religious groups at this early stage of the 2008 presidential campaign: white Catholics, white mainline Protestants and white evangelical Republicans. |
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