Washington D.C., Nov 3, 2008 / 23:24 pm
Evangelical voters’ aversion to voting for a Democratic president appears to have changed little, a recent poll indicates, though their support for Sen. John McCain still lags behind their strong showing for George W. Bush.
According to polls released by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, only 22 percent of white evangelicals support Sen. Barack Obama, a percentage identical to the number who supported Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
About 65 percent of white Evangelicals support Sen. McCain, compared to the 70 to 75 percent reported to have favored Bush in the 2004 election. A Gallup poll published on October 27 shows Hispanic Evangelicals supporting McCain over Obama by 46 to 43 percent.
According to Pew, white Mainline Christians are evenly split, with 46 percent favoring McCain and 47 percent supporting Obama.