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MineralMan

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2. Since not all people who are eligible to vote do vote,

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 11:48 AM

Nov 2018

Those exit polls may be correct. It is looking only at those who voted. The 15.3 percentage number is based on the entire US population, not just voters.

It's very possible that evangelicals vote in a higher percentage than does the overall population.

Generally, in exit polling, people provide their own description of themselves. So, it may well be that 26% of those who voted actually were evangelicals.

Compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. The article you quoted from is probably misinterpreting the statistics.

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A lot of white evangelical voters aren't evangelicals [View all] guillaumeb Nov 2018 OP

Agreed that there are good people lumped in with bad Cary Nov 2018 #1

There is a reason that white supremacists re comfortable in the GOP. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #5

You"ve got that right but it was meant as an example Cary Nov 2018 #11

Since not all people who are eligible to vote do vote, MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

Yes, but d_r Nov 2018 #10

You can almost tell what kind of Christian someone is by the political party they identify with. CrispyQ Nov 2018 #3

Understood. Well said. eom guillaumeb Nov 2018 #4

There's another explanation YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #6

I agree. One example: guillaumeb Nov 2018 #7

A simple, more likely explanation . . . OneBro Nov 2018 #8

The post also talks about how people label themselves. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #9

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