Evangelicals for Democrats: ; in Breaking with Gop, Political Focus Is Less On Values, More On Issues
Sunday Gazette-Mail › January 05, 2009
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HACKENSACK, N.J. - Evangelical Christians have long been a base for the Republican Party. But polling data and anecdotal evidence suggest that younger evangelicals voted for Barack Obama at double the rate they did for the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry.
Ron Kwak was one who made the switch.See the full content of this document
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Evangelicals for Democrats: ; in Breaking with Gop, Political Focus Is Less On Values, More On Issues
"I respected George Bush for his faith and values," said Kwak, a 33-year-old marketing strategist who lives in Palisades Park, N.J.
Kwak said his vote for Obama reflected his discomfort with the national evangelical movement that coalesced around Bush and propelled him to re-electio...See the full content of this document
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