The difference is in how you define an evangelical. With the Barna method the voting block is greatly reduced, and the political alignment comes through more clearly. Other the other hand the power of the voting block is marginalized.Presidential Race Tightens as Faith Voters Rethink Their Preference
Using the common approach of allowing people to self-identify as evangelicals ... John McCain holds a narrow 39% to 37% lead over Sen. Obama.
Using the Barna approach of studying people’s core religious beliefs produces a very different outcome. ... and Sen. McCain holds a huge lead (61%-17%) over the Democratic nominee.
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A slim margin of support either way, it shows the distrust qualified evangelicals have for McCain, and there is reason for that distrust. Regardless of what he says now, it is disheartening how much he has shifted for the sake of ambition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpGUiEWZDUI
The point is that the margin is not so slim among evangelicals, if you qualify the defintion.
I agree that McCain has shifted in his stance. He was strong on the Saddleback forum; too bad he hasn't always been that agressive, and I cannot speak to his movitive in the shift.
On the other, we no were Obama stands, no matter how suttle and good he makes it sound.
He said, his pay-scale doesn't qualify him to make the call on when life begins, yet he points out that women regardless of salary make that decision with great anguish.
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