Senator Brownback is a Catholic, was an evangelical, and before that a Methodist - is he hoping (details) --?

Question

Is he hoping to get votes from all of them?

Answer 1

Is not unusual for a Christian to change denominations.
I do not like the senator you mention but I have seen some rather religious persons to continue their seeking for the truth.
So, I for one will respect that seeking.

Answer 2

I would give the man the benefit of the doubt and trust that he is just on his own personal journey of faith.

Leaving the Methodist and Evangelical faiths may actually cause him to lose votes in a perceived act of betrayal rather than keep them.

All presidential candidates hope to get votes from as many people as possible.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

If he wears his religious trademark on his sleeve, he's trying to get votes from them, yes. But, as firmly set as any voter who DOES use religion as a method of determining their choice, they will think he's flip-flopping around, and they will hesitate to vote for him.

Personally, I think he won't make an issue of it and let the voters allow themselves to THINK he at least identifies, or is at least familiar, with their own personal moral grounding. That way, he MAY get the vote - whereas if he DOES make an issue of his faith, he will PROBABLY lose more votes than he gains with the issue. It's all stupid playing-the-percentages, playing the psychological game with voters, again. (I'm getting old, and am sick and tired of it all.)

(This type of analysis disgusts me, and indicates just how inconsequential issues are to a voter, when it should be the candidate's stance on ISSUES which should matter far, far, more than their idiotic religious background. Cripes - Lincoln doubted the existance of a God, and was a very, very wise man. I guess my bottom line is that religious categories are a very poor determinant of political candidacy, and it is so unfortunate that much of the political dialogue today is centered around that. Just awful...)

Sure, Brownback will hope to get the votes, but it depends on what percentage of voters in his state vote by a candidate's religious background.

Answer 4

The voters are too concerned about the war, the economy, illegal immigration and other critical issues to worry about which church someone is currently a member of. How many people can tell you the religion of George Bush and which church he attends?