Is it possible that even thou there are exceptions to the rule the trend would still hold, non-church goers?

Question

While I understand that there are exceptions to the trend, does the trend still hold,

non-church goers voted for Kerry while church goers voted for Bush,

and yes I'm sure there are those answering this question and my previous who are exceptions but I think that loses the intent of the question

Answer 1

I think Bush did very well in the south and rural areas which tend to have more church goers (per capita) while Kerry did better in metropolitan areas which tend to have less so there is probably some validity to you supposition...........

Answer 2

Well, Kerry received the second-most votes a presidential candidate has ever received (second only to Bush, obviously), and something like 48% of the vote, so clearly there were enormous numbers of church-goers who voted for him.

That being said, the statistic I saw was that 58% of the people who attended church once per week voted for Bush, while 41% voted for Kerry. Not an overwhelming difference.

Answer 3

I am not a serious Church goer (about 2x a yr) but i voted for Bush....I think that people like you need to be the ones who leave religion out of it....all i hear all day long is how the conservatives are the ones bring religion up, but in reality its the dems that drag religion into the race....

Answer 4

You know the thing about the questionaires about church goers versus non-church goers that bugs me is that they usuall base the decision of whether you attend worship services on how OFTEN you go to church.

I know some people who go to their religon's services as often as they are offered, but that may not be every week. It may be once a week or once a quarter instead. I have Pagan friends whose religous group has meetings only on their holy days. That's not every week, folks. And, on the opposite end of the spectrum, I know some Primitive Baptists who have church only once a month.

Neither of those groups get counted as church going on a lot of these surveys because they go less than once a week.

So what is religous and what isn't? What is "attends services regularly" and what isn't? Who gets to decide that?

Answer 5

How do you know this? Where is the empirical data to show what you claim is true? Besides, what does church attendance have to do with anything? So what does going to a building and having a party (fellowship) or performing some ritual once a week or daily have to do with how one votes?

Is it possible? Maybe and mayby not. Without data we'll never know.

Answer 6

If i do no longer attend church, i'm getting grounded. And when I say grounded, I advise no T.V., computer, iPod-- a heck, something that comprises exciting in actuality. i'm in user-friendly terms left with homework and snoozing. for this reason i ought to bypass to church. My mom and dad are basic catholics by the way. meaning church each Sunday. fortunately, they now permit me bypass at midday, fairly than at 6:30 interior the morning. you do no longer even know the way it grow to be like interior the previous. those chilly mornings, loss of sleep, and dreadful making a song... -brrrrrrrz-

Answer 7

Religion is very divisive, especially when mixed with politics. I attended church services during the 04 election and my priest at the time said that we were going to go to hell unless we voted for Bush because he was pro-life. This was scary enough to most believers to where they would ignore all the other social and economical issues and vote soully on this issue. It is really sad because if you really think about it, Jesus would probably side more with the democrats then the republican because of their more altruistic beliefs.

Answer 8

Maybe the non Church goers think more of themselves and what they want and the Church goers are a little more concerned of others? I am a Christian and i didn't know this usually happened. Maybe our decisions are based different than non Church goers.

Answer 9

Most Conservative Christians (which would be those tending to go to church one or more times a week, though not always of course) are going to be conservative politically, I don't think that's a surprise.

Edit--By the way Schmorgen, my church refuses faith-based initiative money on principle, we do not want any government interference.

Answer 10

You're not going to like this answer, but here it is, nonetheless:

People who attend church regularly are, by and large, used to someone telling them how to think and what to believe with little or no evidence. It alleviates the problem of having to actually research anything. Now when a church gets a fat little stipend for a "faith based initiative," who do you think they will support? The guy who gave it to them, or the guy who might ask why they get money for no results?