Barna Report Shows Support for McCain Among Qualified Evangelicals

The mainstream polls indicate that evangelicals are evenly split between McCain and Obama. A new Barna report paints a very different picture when evangelicals are "qualified" in the Presidential poll. Barna's qualified poll greatly reduces the number of evangelicals in the country, and shows much greater support for McCain among "evangelicals".

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.

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.

For what's it's worth. Your thoughts are always welcome...

God Save the U.S.A.

Robert Novak Doesn't Recognize the Plague

Today's GOPUSA news included an interested article from Robert Novak, "McCain, Huckabee And The Evangelicals". Novak wonders aloud if Huckabee is helping or hurting McCain, and if Huckabee really supports McCain or not. Novak suggests that Huckabee and Michael Farris view an Obama presidency as a plague that America deserves and which fulfils prophecy. You can read Novak's view for yourself on the following link. This writer disagrees with Novak.

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/rnovak/2008/rdn_05121.shtml

The scary part of Novak's article is that he doesn't blast the socialist ideologies of Obama. Militant evangelicals are the apparent enemy in Novak's mind. The last I checked socialist and communist ideologies were the enemies against which American soldiers have fought upon numerous occasions. Countless American boys have given their lives fighting such governments, and now it's being welcomed at home.

Thanks to the Humanist ideologies inculcated into our public education system, many Americans now tend toward socialist policies. Many Americans stand behind the socialist ideas of Hillary and Obama, not to mention a good number of Republican policies. Apparently Novak doesn't think that to be as big of a threat as evangelicals.

My friends, do not be disillusioned. Socialism is on the rise in America. Evangelical or not, are you going to stand and fight, or welcome it in?

God Save the U.S.A.