A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election

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Abortion issue, 69–75; and assessment of moral mandate, 66–69; and candidate choice, 75, 83, 267; and Catholics, 47–48, 53, 96; and Democratic Party platform, 72; and evangelicals, 47–48, 53; and Kerry’s position difference with Catholics, 166; legalization of, 168; and mainline Protestants, 47–48; and political attitudes, 46–48; and religious conservatives, 101–02; and religious left, 247–48; and Republican Party platform, 72; and stem cell research issues, 147–48; as subject of direct mail campaigns, 108–10, 113; and traditionalist liberals, 248; and worship attendance, 47–48 African Americans: and Democratic Party, 82, 265; and gay marriage issue, 227–30; and religion’s impact on political attitudes, 224–26; and Republican Party, 99, 218–19, 230; voting patterns of, 88, 226–27. See Black Protestants African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), 219–24, 227, 228 Akron Studies, 271 Alaska, 123 Alter, Jonathan, 159 Alzheimer’s disease and stem cell research, 146 AME. See African Methodist Episcopal Church American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving (Smith), 136 Anabaptists and religious left, 246 Anticipatory socialization, 270 Arkansas, 264 Attitude constraint theory, 266, 268 Barone, Michael, 72 Battleground states and Election Panel Study, 137 Beliefnet.com, 167 Benson, Peter, 272 Black church. See African Americans; Black Protestants Black Protestants: and abortion attitudes, 47–48, 53; and Bush, 215–16; and candidate choice, 222–23; and church political activities, 220–22; as Index 297 convention delegates, 42, 43, 50–51; and culture war, 215; and Democratic Party, 24–25, 31, 215–31; and gay marriage issue, 136, 219, 221, 227–30; and Iraq war, 220–21; and Kerry, 218–19, 222–23; mobilization of, 130; and partisan identification, 45, 53, 223–24; and religious left, 56, 240–41; and Republican Party, 99; and Sharpton, 216–18; voting patterns of, 89 Blair Center 2004 Presidential Election Survey, 68 Brawley, Tawana, 216 Bryan, William Jennings, 1 Buchanan, Pat, 2 Buddhists, 21 Burnham, Walter Dean, 261 Bush, George W.: black church voters courted by, 218–19, 230; and Catholics, 8, 164; and “coalition of the religious,” 2, 25–27; and culture war positions, 181; and economic conservatism , 184; and election voting patterns , 15–16, 33, 88–89, 206–12; and evangelicals, 3–8, 141, 180–98, 265–66; and gay marriage issue, 3, 120–41; and language of religion, 259; and Latino voters, 199, 200, 206–13; and public opinion, 91; and stem cell research, 142, 146–47 Bush, Jeb, 211 California: and gay marriage, 123; Latino voters in, 201, 210; and stem cell research, 142 Call to Renewal, 236 Campaign ads on television, 72 Campaign Communication Survey (CCS), 104–06, 129 Campbell, David E., 1–12, 91, 110, 227, 261, 263, 267 Campolo, Tony, 240 Carlson, Bishop, 96 Carter, Jimmy, 2, 189 Casey, Robert, Jr., 240 298 INDEX Catholics: abortion attitudes of, 47–48, 53, 96; and Bush, 8, 164; church leadership and candidate choice, 165–67; as convention delegates, 42, 43, 50–51; and culture war issues, 176, 179; and Democratic Party, 8–9, 39; and economic and social justice issues, 269; and environmental issues, 245; and foreign policy issues, 246; and gay marriage issue, 127, 166, 177; and Iraq war, 267–68; and Kennedy, 5, 53, 163–79; and Kerry, 8–9, 30, 163–79; and partisan realignment, 168–69; political ideology of, 45, 46, 53; and Protestants, 168; religious landscape of, 20–21, 163–79; and religious left, 56–58, 177, 240–41, 244; and religious right, 241–42; and Republican Party, 7, 23, 24, 26, 29; and stem cell research, 147–48, 150, 152, 154–55, 158–59; voter turnout of, 90, 261–62; voting patterns of, 88–89; and worship attendance, 170–72, 174, 177–78. See Latino Catholics CCS. See Campaign Communication Survey Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy (CSED), 104, 135 Centrist liberals: and Democratic Party, 255; demographics of, 243; and religious activism, 240; and religious left, 238–42; and voter turnout, 251 Centrists, religious: definition of, 16; and religious left, 238–39; and Republican Party, 23–26 Christian Coalition, 96, 98, 132, 182, 256 Christian Right, 97, 122, 198, 206, 251, 256 Christian Scientists, 21, 42, 43 Church of God in Christ, 218, 227 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See Latter-day Saints Civil rights movement and religious left, 233, 234 Civil unions issue, 123, 127–28, 130, 228, 248. See Gay marriage issue Clergy...