Do you think most politicians feel a need to claim religiosity to impress voters?

Answer 1

Duh. Yes.

Some of them are slicker than others. Ronald Reagan really snowed the godidiots; they got him into the White House and then he never went to church once in eight years.

Answer 2

Without a doubt. Christians control a huge voting block, and it's almost political suicide not to cater to them. Remember John Kerry and his stance on abortion? The Catholic church went off at him over it, and he took a hit in the media for it. These folks need to impress the Christians, who are by far the dominant religious voting block, and I'm sure they feel that need acutely.

Answer 3

All politicians have to represent the majority, kings, queens, dictators, elected or not, must reflect what most people in their community believe.

If they do not, they won't be around for very long.

Elections are a non-violent means for deposing the king who doesn't represent the people.

Answer 4

Sometimes ye. I think that it si a show and then we have to be careful to not judge between the sincere and not so sincere. It is great when they are truly religious and their votes will prove them out to be liars or not. Lets say a vote cam about abortions if they vote in favor , not good or o vote on gay marrriages and again they vote in favor of , not good. so we decifer how they vote to see if they are telling the truth and go from there.

Answer 5

MOST certainly ,,,,,and bush used the Christan Baptist aspect to gain votes ,saying he would help stop abortion and overthrow wade,saying he was a godly man ......poor Kerry because he tried to be a bit more subtle and please the general population lost ,,,,,,,,so whatever flavor is popular [and clearly the christian Baptist are trying to run this country ]the politician will expound those beliefs ,,,but politicians will do that for any reason .....
i do NOT think religion ought to be a guideline for a government ,,,as a matter of fact i think it quite scary to have a certain religion expounded ...............look what our 'christian president "has led us --------------straight to hell on earth ,where are young men are dying for........................... weapons of mass destruction [ummmmhummmm].this was set in motion clearly because of other reasons .we were lied too and mislead .when i expounded the fact before we went to war that Iraq was not a threat and did not have weapons ------i was told i was unAmerican and should run like hell to Canada ----------------polls showed 80 %of Americans blindly believed in war and weapons ------------------hummm now that the war is dragging and young people are dying and we have made all Muslims and third world countries are enemies NOW only about 37% of Americans support bush ,,,,,,,,,but the 3rd world war is very much ahead of us thanks to the christian president -------------------------------------

Answer 6

Yes, politicians, no matter if they seem nice, always have 1 or many lies to get their votes.

Look at the investigation into the Liberal party in Canada, they were seating dead people on their votes. Same as Bush in the elections, many people who were dead voted for him.

Answer 7

Oh, yes! And it is happening on both sides. There are some politicians that really mean it, but many do not!

Answer 8

If they are conservatives, yes.

Not so much if they were liberal, but there's still the whole pressure of "morality" --- conforming to a religion is just a easier way of labeling it all.

Answer 9

Gee Ya think?

Answer 10

Definitely. The whole gay marriage thing proves that.