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Title: Poll: Evangelicals flocking to Trump
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-evangelicals-poll-218210
Published: Jan 26, 2016
Author: DANIEL STRAUSS
Post Date: 2016-01-26 18:27:08 by Ada
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Views: 226
Comments: 9
Donald Trump’s outreach to Christians is bearing fruit, if results of the NBC News/Survey Monkey weekly online tracking poll out Tuesday are any indication. Among white evangelical Republican voters nationally, Trump earned the support of 37 percent, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose father is a pastor and has played a key role in recruiting faith leaders to support his son, is at 20 percent. In the same survey conducted the previous week, Cruz registered 9 percentage points higher. Below the top two contenders, Ben Carson earned 11 percent among evangelicals, and Marco Rubio took 10 percent. Story Continued Below The Manhattan business mogul, who is Presbyterian, made headlines throughout the course of the past week for his various interactions with fellow Christians, including a stop at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, last Monday. Delivering the weekly convocation address, Trump caused a stir when he made reference to a book in the Bible a “Two Corinthians,” rather than the usual nomenclature, “Second Corinthians.” (Trump later claimed that it was written that way in his notes, and besides, his mother was Scottish and would have said it that way.) Trump also attended a Presbyterian service in Muscatine, Iowa, on Sunday, at which the pastor made reference to the ongoing immigration crisis, a central plank in the Republican’s campaign, and humility, in general. “I don’t know if that was aimed at me,” Trump said later. The poll’s overall week-to-week standings show little shift with Trump leading the field at 39 percent, Cruz at 17 percent and Rubio at 10 percent. No other candidate received double-digit support. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton’s advantage remained in double digits, at 51 percent to Bernie Sanders’ 37 percent. The poll was conducted online from Jan. 18 to 24, surveying a national sample of 9,690 adults, including 8,215 who indicated that they are registered to vote. The poll included 2,327 Republicans and 2,780 Democratswith margins of error of 2.8 percentage points and 2.2 percentage points, respectively. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-evangelicals-poll- 218210#ixzz3yObrjqI2
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
How do the pollsters go about identifying exactly who is an evangelical, or not? it's not on any Voter ID card that I've ever seen.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
I don't think every place has voter ID cards. I don't have one, yet I vote. I suppose the pollsters ask the polled to self-identify.
Interesting. Every year our county sends out fresh IDs with name, address, precinct, etc to match with the registered voter rolls at each voting place in the county. This year the color is UN-blue. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
If only "evangelicals" knew how worthless their denominations leaders were, they would quit going to church altogether.
#2. To: Lod (#1)
How do the pollsters go about identifying exactly who is an evangelical, or not? it's not on any Voter ID card that I've ever seen.
#3. To: Ada (#2)
I don't think every place has voter ID cards. I don't have one, yet I vote.
#4. To: Ada (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
#5. To: Lod (#3)
I got my state I.D. renewed last week and they asked if I was registered to vote. I told them I was. Motor voter is sometimes a big pain. Not all those with drivers licenses are actually citizens. ; I don't think every place has voter ID cards.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#6. To: BTP Holdings (#5)
Motor voter is a recipe for disaster in this country. We need literacy tests to see if voters are really citizens here.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#7. To: Lod (#6)
Remember the requirements to be a voter when America was founded? Free, White, LAND-OWNER.
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: Lod, horse (#6)
they've been giving illegals licenses in calif. for about a year now, they post the stats on the dmv webpage,. most of the applicants actually fail the tests.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#9. To: Artisan (#8) (Edited)
When I worked for the State of Illinois, we were filling out some forms and there was a woman there from the HQ. She was telling us how to fill out the forms. First name, then middle initial, then last name. This one guy, Ted Merzyky (he was Polish) said, "You want full middle initial?" ROTFLMAO! most of the applicants actually fail the tests.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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