{"id":103,"date":"2008-03-04T16:23:51","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T16:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2008\/03\/caucus-polls-your-results-so-f.html"},"modified":"2008-03-04T16:23:51","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T16:23:51","slug":"caucus-polls-your-results-so-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2008\/03\/caucus-polls-your-results-so-f.html","title":{"rendered":"Caucus Polls: Your Results! (So Far)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We may be at a pivotal moment in the 2008 election, and so now is the time for us to share with you some of the results of our Community Caucus Poll<\/a>
\nSome Highlights:
\n\u2022\tMost popular candidate among the Democrats (48%<\/strong>) and Independents (25%<\/strong>) – Barack Obama<\/strong>
\n\u2022\tMore people (36%<\/strong>) would most like to attend Barack Obama\u2019s church<\/strong>.
\n\u2022\tOf those who thought Jesus would vote<\/strong> (40%<\/strong> of total voters), more said he would support Barack Obama<\/strong> (16%<\/strong> of total voters) than any other candidate.
\n\u2022\tBelieving in creationism<\/strong> was not a deal breaker<\/strong> in voting for a candidate (54%<\/strong> would vote for a creationist, 46%<\/strong> would not)
\n\u2022\tA majority<\/strong> (57%<\/strong>) thought faith has become too big an issue <\/strong>this election
\n\u2022\t40<\/strong>% are NOT hopeful about America\u2019s future <\/strong>\u2013 60<\/strong>% are<\/strong>
\n\u2022\tAbortion is NOT a key issue <\/strong>of the election according to an overwhelming majority (79%<\/strong>)
\n\u2022\tGod is most unhappy about the importance of money in the elections (46%<\/strong>)<\/strong>
\nThanks to all of you who have voted so far, and we remind you that the polls will remain open<\/strong> for the duration of the election. We encourage you to continue to share your thoughts and beliefs in the polls and elsewhere in our Community Caucus!<\/a>
\nHere is a summary of all the results so far:
\n1.\tJohn McCain is the candidate more Republicans believe in and vote for \u2013 33 percent and 37 percent<\/strong>.
\n2.\tBarack Obama is the candidates more Democrats believe in and vote for \u2013 48 percent and 54 percent<\/strong>.
\n3.\tBarack Obama is the candidate more Independents believe in and would vote for\u2013 17 percent and 25 percent<\/strong>.
\n4.\tMost important issues of the election are the Economy (29 percent<\/strong>) and the Iraq War (24 percent<\/strong>). Health Care received (12 percent<\/strong>).
\n5.\tMore than half the people polled said the religion significantly shapes their political views (51 percent<\/strong>).
\n6.\tHalf those polled said that no one party better represents religious people (50 percent<\/strong>), but 33 percent<\/strong> thought Republicans better defended religious voters.
\n7.\t38 percent <\/strong>of those polled thought that a candidate’s character and stance on issues can not be judged separately. They are in fact interconnected.
\n8.\t57 percent<\/strong> think that a candidate’s faith has become too big an issue this election.
\n9.\tIt is important to 40 percent<\/strong> of those polled that a candidate be religious, though not necessarily important that they follow one religion in particular. Only 5 percent<\/strong> said that it was important to them that a candidate not be religious.
\n10.\t47 percent<\/strong> of those polled said they do not pray for the candidates, while 39 percent<\/strong> said they pray for all of them.
\n11.\t41 percent<\/strong> of those polled said that Jesus would not vote in the election. But among those who felt he would vote, 16 percent<\/strong> thought he would cast his ballot for Barack Obama. 9 percent<\/strong> said he would vote for Mike Huckabee. And 19 percent <\/strong>had no idea who he would vote for.
\n12.\tThe most important qualities of a president according to poll takers are leadership (31 percent<\/strong>) and honesty (24 percent<\/strong>).
\n13.\t39 percent<\/strong> of those polled said they would like to see former Vice President Al Gore enter the presidential race. 26 percent<\/strong> voted for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as the candidate they’d most like to see enter, while 17 percent<\/strong> favored comedian Stephen Colbert.
\n14.\tAsked if if they were hopeful about America\u2019s future, considering those running to the lead country, 60 percent<\/strong> of poll takers said YES. The rest said NO.
\n15.\tMost people said that family dynamics matter but not a lot when it comes to voting for a presidential candidate (45 percent<\/strong>).
\n16.\tWhen discussing moral values of the candidates, most of those polled (44 percent<\/strong>) said they believe that includes the candidate’s stance on everything from abortion and gay unions to war and poverty as well as his or her personal character and beliefs. 37 percent<\/strong> thought that moral values meant strictly character and values.
\n17.\tMost of those polled said they would vote for a candidate who believed in creationism over evolution (54 percent<\/strong>).
\n18.\t43 percent <\/strong>of those polled said they oppose the war in Iraq on moral grounds, while 5 percent<\/strong> said that while it is a moral issue, they were ambivalent about the war.
\n19.\tAn overwhelming majority of those polled (79 percent<\/strong>) do not believe that ending abortion is the key moral issue of domestic policy.
\n20.\tBy far (44 percent<\/strong>), more said that Barack Obama is the candidate most likely to bring about change.
\n21.\t36 percent<\/strong> of those polled said they would most like to attend Barack Obama\u2019s church, while 19 percent<\/strong> were interested in going to Mike Huckabee\u2019s. Only 6 percent<\/strong> were interested in attending John McCain\u2019s church.
\n22.\t45 percent<\/strong> of those polled think God would most disapprove of the role money plays in politics. Only 8 percent<\/strong> voted that the almighty would consider the election sinful.
\n[At the time of this post, between 200 and 600 people had responded to each poll question<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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