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d_r

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10. Yes, but

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:57 PM

Nov 2018

the point of this article is to refute the claim that "white evangelicals" turned out to vote in over represented numbers. The 15.3% number uses one methodology and definition, the 26% uses another. Per the article, if you use the definition used in exit polls at a national level, it is about 26% (as 39% of white mainline Protestants and 18% of white Catholics describe themselves as "born again or evangelical). So, the article that is quoted from is actually stating how to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges, rather than misinterpreting these data.

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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