{"id":862,"date":"2008-10-08T11:39:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/10\/new-poll-obama-gains-among-mon.html"},"modified":"2008-10-08T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T11:39:40","slug":"new-poll-obama-gains-among-mon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/10\/new-poll-obama-gains-among-mon.html","title":{"rendered":"New Poll: Obama Gains Among Monthly Attenders, Younger Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"111\" alt=\"fpl.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/imgs\/fpl.jpg\" width=\"65\" \/><\/span>The progressive religious group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithinpubliclife.org\/\">Faith in Public Life<\/a>, founded after the &#8217;04 elections, is holding a conference call right now on its new polling of religious Americans, paying special attention to young evangelicals, Catholics, and other<\/p>\n<p>Some key findings from the poll:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Monthly worship attenders swing to Obama in 2008.<\/strong> The greatest shift in candidate preference between 2004 and 2008 has occurred among voters who attend religious services once or twice a month, moving from 49% support for Kerry in 2004 to 60% support for Obama in 2008. McCain maintains a significant advantage among voters who attend more frequently, while Obama has a nearly identical advantage over McCain among those who attend once or twice a month or less often.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>More Americans think Obama is friendly to religion than McCain. <\/strong>Forty-nine percent of Americans say Obama is friendly towards religion, while 45% say McCain is friendly towards religion. More than seven-in-ten (71%) say it is important for public officials to be comfortable talking about religious values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Younger Catholics more strongly support Obama, abortion rights, and more active government than older Catholics.<\/strong> While older Catholics (age 35 and older) are split between the candidates (46% for McCain and 44% for Obama), among younger Catholics Obama leads McCain by 15 points (55% to 40%). Six-in-ten younger Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared to half of older Catholics. Younger Catholics are more pro-government than any other religious group, with two-thirds preferring bigger government with more services, compared to 41% support among older Catholics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Younger white evangelicals strongly oppose abortion rights but are less conservative and more supportive of same-sex marriage than older evangelicals.<\/strong> Young white evangelicals are strongly opposed to abortion rights, with two-thirds saying abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. Yet, less than half (49%) of younger evangelicals identify as conservative, compared to nearly two-thirds (65%) of older evangelicals. Among young evangelicals, a majority favor either same-sex marriage (24%) or civil unions (28%), compared to a majority (61%) of older evangelicals who favor no legal recognition of gay couples&#8217; relationships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Younger white evangelicals are more pluralistic and more supportive of active government at home and of diplomacy abroad. <\/strong>While less than one-third (30%) of older evangelicals say a person can be moral without believing in God, 44% of younger evangelicals affirm this idea, a 14-point gap. A majority (56%) of younger evangelicals believe diplomacy rather than military strength is the best way to ensure peace, compared to only 44% of older white evangelicals. Younger white evangelicals are also more likely than older white evangelicals to favor a bigger government offering more services, by a margin of 21 points (44% and 23% respectively).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Generation gap on same-sex marriage is large and increasing.<\/strong> Nearly half (46%) of young adults say gay couples should be allowed to marry, compared to only 29% of Americans overall. Over the last two years, support for same-sex marriage among young adults has jumped 9 points (from 37% to 46%), and the generation gap has nearly doubled. Support for same-sex marriage is significant among young religious Americans. Among young white mainline Protestants and Catholics, close to half (48% and 44% respectively) support same-sex marriage. Young white evangelicals are 2.5 times as likely as older evangelicals to say that gay couples should be allowed to marry (25% to 9%).<br \/>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For full poll results, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithinpubliclife.org\/content\/feature\/upload\/2008\/10\/The%20Young%20and%20the%20Faithful.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The progressive religious group Faith in Public Life, founded after the &#8217;04 elections, is holding a conference call right now on its new polling of religious Americans, paying special attention to young evangelicals, Catholics, and other Some key findings from the poll: Monthly worship attenders swing to Obama in 2008. 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