From the Before Time:
Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life
JUNE 22, 2007
Religious Republicans: Hanging Tough with Bush
by John C. GreenThe role of religious voters in the Republican Party has been highlighted by the sharp criticism of the Republican presidential front-runners – Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney – by conservative religious leaders.Are religious Republicans abandoning President Bush and perhaps the GOP as well? The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted May 30-June 3, suggests that this conclusion is unlikely to be true. (In this analysis, “religious Republicans” are defined as registered voters who identified as Republicans or leaned Republican and reported attending worship services once a week or more.)
The data show that in June 2007, religious Republicans strongly approved of President Bush’s job performance (71%) and also strongly believed that using military force in Iraq was the right decision (80%). Bush’s approval among religious Republicans has declined significantly since July 2005 (down by 15 percentage points), but support for the Iraq War decision has diminished only slightly (down 3 points).These figures are especially impressive when compared to the views held by other Americans. For example, religious Republicans are more supportive of President Bush and the Iraq War decision than other Republicans (by 10 and 8 points, respectively). And religious Republicans are far more supportive of Bush and the Iraq War than the public at large, among whom just 29% approve of Bush’s job performance and only 40% agree with the decision to use military force in Iraq.
These findings suggest that religious Republicans are still a firm part of the GOP base...
No Half Measures
2 comments:
I'd forgotten that "religious Republicans" were such confirmed warmongers. So we know they're fond of killing people for pretty much any phony threat as long as they're black or brown or they profess the wrong religion and now, with Covid19, we know they're also fond of killing people by not wearing masks because their new Savior, the Orange Chetolini, doesn't like the look of face masks.
The religious right in my opinion are truly devoted to republicans like they are to obeying scripture.
You see, They are allowed to condemn the sinners who trespass and forgive themselves when they trespass against others with their sin.
They serve two idols. GOD and GOP. No one knows of yet where these sit on the totem pole.
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