43% of white evangelical Christians in Ohio voted Democratic in primary March 12, 2008
Posted by Zack in Ohio , trackbackCleveland Plain Dealer article: 43% of white evangelical Christians in Ohio voted Democratic in primary, poll says:
Tags: 2008, ohio, primaryForty-three percent of white evangelical Christian voters in Ohio backed Democrats in last week’s presidential primary, according to a poll released Monday by religious and progressive groups.
The groups that released the poll say it demonstrates ideological diversity among a voting bloc that is widely presumed to be Republican.
Ohio evangelical voters from both parties told the pollsters that jobs and the economy were their top concerns - eclipsing abortion and gay marriage even among the Republicans - although social issues were still more important to Republicans than Democrats.
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umm… most of those probably voted Democrat for this particular primary because Rush Limbaugh told them to vote for Hillary…
seriously.
not so much ‘ideological diversity’ as it was an experiment to see if they could all knock out Obama, leaving Hillary, who supposedly has a chance to be beaten by McCain (who they will actually prefer over a Democrat).
Surely it’s a factor that a) the D Ohio primary was much more competitive than the R one and b) Dems generally are more motivated to go vote this cycle? Much as I wish that 43% of white evangelical Christians in Ohio were Dems.