In the end, change mattered more than experience for Iowa’s Democratic caucus-goers, and church, faith and values were priorities for Republicans casting their votes in the Iowa caucuses.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister who heavily courted social conservatives, apparently benefited from a substantial turnout of evangelical Christians. CNN projected Huckabee as the winner of the Republican caucuses.
Barack Obama, the senator from Illinois who cast himself as the candidate most capable of creating change, was projected the winner of the Democratic caucuses.
There’s a fair amount of raw data in the article. Much the same in the NY Times.
In Iowa, Democrats have just under 51% of registered voters. Republicans have just over 49%. A major increase in the number of caucus participants – and 66% went to the Democrats to make their choice.
Julie said: Oh, these posts are a lot of “bull crap” from non-religious people who are scared of the religious.
Speaking just for myself, I have no problem with religious people being leaders, what with me being a member of a major church. But Huck is an evangelical nutjob. Nice guy, and a very interesting candidate otherwise. But he’s nuts.
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“Huck is the very definition of a religious nutjob.”
So is George W. Bush, he won the reelection because he promised everyone that if he was reelected as president the average Bible thumper would not have to be forced by the constitution to treat others (gay, lesbian, transgender, hispanics) as equals. The suckers voted right away.
ZVG38D Cool, bro!