Evangelicals..Democrats Largest Voting Bloc

By Richie

The Democrat party is constantly scaring its voter base about the religious right but what it often fails to make know is that Evangelicals represent its largest voting bloc the problem is they just do not know it! The truth is that 84% of African American evangelicals identify themselves as Democrats or lean Democrat.
The Democrats would like to admit it but not to long ago in American history there party was the party of Evangelicals.

In truth the Evangelicals are in many ways Democrats they just do'nt know it. It was the evangelical and southern Baptist Sunday school teacher peanut famer Jimmy Carter that beat Ford in the popular vote 50.06% to 48.00%, and in the electoral college 297 to 240. Jimmy Carter won election because of the Southern Baptist vote and this was this was in the late 70's after the so called 'Nixon" southern strategy.

My foucus on this weeks blog post is to bring attention to the religious experince of African Americans inside the Democrat Party and through this lense sehd some light into the
evangelical Democrats. According to a combined poll done on African Americans about social issues African Americans are the Democrats Evangelicals base. The polls done in 2004 by Black Entertainment Television and CBS poll show that on every issue the left likes to attack white Evangelicals votes there own party base believes. So when democrats talk about the religious right they are talking in many ways to themselves and in truth are hypocrites for condemning views held in there own party So what did the polling find when it came African Americans an faith.

The poll found that on these issues

Gay marriage: 64% oppose, 26% support, 10%

Abortion: 56% oppose abortion in most cases, 20% oppose in all cases

Death penalty: 49% oppose, 44% favor, 7% no opinion. For minors: 80% oppose, 16% favor

What would help most to get illegal drugs out of black communities: 35% say law enforcement crackdowns, 28% more drug treatment programs, 25% more anti-drug programs

48% blame child poverty on parents' individual failures


73% believe race relations have somewhat or greatly improved


78% say they prefer to live in racially mixed neighborhoods

44% believe immigration should be decreased

49% say amnesty for illegal immigrants is bad or very bad

48% say immigrants should adopt U.S. culture

Embryonic stem-cell research: 44% oppose

Prohibit people under 18 from buying explicit music: 59% favor

71% Favor requiring Arabs, including U.S. citizens, to undergo security checks before boarding airplanes

64% favor special identification cards for Arabs

School vouchers: 57% support

School prayer: 79% support, 20% oppose, 1% don't know

2004 Harris Poll

86% are optimistic about the next five years