Thanks to Christians, but no-thanks to Jews, atheists, agnostics, and other religions
Mark Silk reports for Religion News, Oct. 5, 2014, that according to exit polls on November 4, America’s various religious groups voted almost the same in the 2014 midterm elections as they did in the last midterm election in 2010, and not much different from the 2012 presidential election.
Christians
- Protestants voted Republican 59% to 38% in 2010; 57-42 in 2012; and 60-38 in 2014.
- White Protestants voted Republican from 69-28 in 2010 to 71-27 in 2014.
- Catholics voted Republican 54% to 44% in 2010; voted narrowly for Democrats 50-48 in 2012; then back to favoring Republican 53-45 in 2014.
- Regular church attenders (once a week or more) voted Republican 58-40 in 2010, 59-39 in 2012, and 58-41 in 2014.
No Religion (atheists and agnostics)
- Voted Democratic 68% to 30% in 2010; and 69-29 in 2014.
- Although the No Religions are now 20% of the adult U.S. population, they accounted for only 12% of the 2014 voters.
Other Religions
The one group that appears to have shifted significantly compared to the last midterm were members of “other religions” — Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, etc.
- More voters in 2014 were of “other religions,” increasing from 8% of all voters in 2010 to 11% in 2014.
- 3 out of 4 “other religions” voted Democratic in 2010, decreasing somewhat to 2 out of 3 in 2014.
- But the decrease of “other religions” who voted Democratic in 2014 came from non-Jews because –
- The majority of American Jews remain stubbornly Democrat, despite Obama’s treatment of Israel, including a senior White House insulting Israeli prime minister by calling him a “chickenshit. Jews voted Democratic by 66% to 31% in 2010, and by 65-33 in 2014.
~Eowyn
