When voting for president or government office how much does religious involvement matter?

Question

for example on guy, Romney I believe, is a Mormon. Do you consider the canditates faith and religion?

Answer 1

i think everything has to do with who you vote for. you vote for someone to best represent what you believe in...

when i vote, i do take a look at their religious involvement, although i also look at other things that are important to me.
i think it's a dangerous thing when you can't look beyond your faith and religion.

Answer 2

I do, very much. If they are truly involved with their denomination and follow the tenets of that denomination, then that speaks volumes as to their character.

Of course, I'm talking about Christian denominations. Gov. Romney is not in a Christian denomination, therefore, I cannot vote for him. President G. W. Bush was the most logical candidate because of his deep religious convictions, and the fact that he brought them into his public life.

I don't see how someone can claim membership in a particular denomination, and then not bring the beliefs they claim to hold high in their life into their public life.

That is why I can never vote for a "pro-choice" Catholic. First, by their admission to being "pro-choice" they excommunicate themselves from the Catholic denomination. Second, and most important, they cannot be too much of a Catholic if they claim that denomination, but don't let the beliefs inherent in that denomination enter into every part of their lives, public and private. It calls into question their sincerity in this area and, since they are insincere in this area, it leads one to wonder what else they're being insincere about.

Answer 3

None.

They all lie anyway. It doesn't matter what they say they believe.

I hold my nose and vote for the one I believe will do the least damage.

I really haven't had positive feeling for any candidate since Ronald Regan and I didn't even vote for him the first time because I thought he was dangerous. The second time however I felt good about my vote for the only time in my life.

Answer 4

Taking into account that we've never had a non-christian President in the entire history of the United States, even though there are numerous non-christian people who are more qualified for the job than those who actually do get elected, I have to say that for the majority of voters religion is their primary concern.

Answer 5

The religious involvement of the candidate only matters to me if I feel that they are going to try to blur the line between church and state. If they can make decisions regarding running the country that has nothing to do with their faith, then I don't care what religion they follow.

Answer 6

Each person it may be different but as for me, yes it does play a role....depending on how far left or right they are would be the issue, not necessarily what faith they are.....and if some candidate ever declared they were an atheist, well that is automatic grounds for me not to ever vote for them....

Answer 7

It matters a lot to me if the candidate is a Christian or not. In Romney's case, I don't believe like the Mormons, but I wouldn't hold that against him.

Answer 8

No not really. I consider their stand on the issues.

Take Rudy Giuliani. He's claims to be Catholic and pro-choice. I'm Catholic and I know you cannot be both. So, just because we are of the same faith...I will not vote for him because of his stand (or lack of there of) on aboriton.

Answer 9

What they believe does make a difference for me....it will ultimately affect the way they do things

This is why I am a Republican...although they have let me down in the last few years

Answer 10

Since most all of them are theists of some type, I really don't get a choice now do I?

It would be nice for once to see an atheist run and win.

The stuff I spit out of my mouth is more noble than a politician.