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No, it's not 'Christians'' fault Obama won
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MattB
Nov 18, 2012, 12:43:02 PM11/18/12
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No, it's not 'Christians'' fault Obama won
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/16/15219396-no-its-not-christians-fault-obama-won?lite
The outspoken Rev. Franklin Graham claimed today that the “majority of
Christians” did not vote.
“We know that from of the statistics that I’ve heard that the majority
of Christians in this country just did not vote for whatever reason,”
he told the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody. “The vast
majority of evangelicals did not go to the polls.” He added, “God is
in control, and if Christians are upset, they need to be upset at
themselves. We need to do a better job of getting our people- the
church to vote. Now, I’m not trying to tell you how to vote, you can
vote, but vote, my goodness, and vote for candidates that stand for
Biblical values.”
But Graham’s assertion -- and implication that had white Christian
evangelicals just showed up in bigger numbers, President Obama would
have lost -- is off base.
In fact, white evangelicals/born-again Christians made up the same
percentage of the electorate as they did in 2008 – 26%. They voted for
Mitt Romney, a devout Mormon, by a wider margin than they did for Sen.
John McCain four years ago.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/16/15219396-no-its-not-christians-fault-obama-won?lite
The outspoken Rev. Franklin Graham claimed today that the “majority of
Christians” did not vote.
“We know that from of the statistics that I’ve heard that the majority
of Christians in this country just did not vote for whatever reason,”
he told the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody. “The vast
majority of evangelicals did not go to the polls.” He added, “God is
in control, and if Christians are upset, they need to be upset at
themselves. We need to do a better job of getting our people- the
church to vote. Now, I’m not trying to tell you how to vote, you can
vote, but vote, my goodness, and vote for candidates that stand for
Biblical values.”
But Graham’s assertion -- and implication that had white Christian
evangelicals just showed up in bigger numbers, President Obama would
have lost -- is off base.
In fact, white evangelicals/born-again Christians made up the same
percentage of the electorate as they did in 2008 – 26%. They voted for
Mitt Romney, a devout Mormon, by a wider margin than they did for Sen.
John McCain four years ago.
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