Would
you vote for an atheist? According to a USA Today poll from June, 54% of those
surveyed said that they would vote for a “well-qualified” atheist for
President. According to a Gallup Poll is the highest percentage since 1958
which was only 18%.
Apparently
an “imaginary” candidate passed the 50% marker for the very first time since
Gallup surveyed the public in August of 2011. Looks like the numbers are
trending upward.
"We
have seen an enormous change over time in the willingness to vote for an
atheist," said Karlyn Bowman , a senior
fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, which reports
the numbers in its current newsletter. "But I think the numbers also
remind us that this is a deeply religious country. That doesn't mean we are all
going to church on Sunday, but that having religion in your life is valuable to
most Americans and I think that explains the resistance."
Would you vote for an
atheist?
5 comments:
Although not an American I would not vote for an atheist, but politics and religion is always a vocal issue.
Yvonne.
"Well qualified" is a key word here and who the other candidates might be. If it were an extreme liberal who extolled those values yet who claimed to be a Christian or an atheist who was a known conservative who shared my moral values--yes, I would vote for the atheist. Or if it were the same kind of atheist as previously mentioned as opposed to a hard-line Muslim whose intent was to change the American way--yes, I would vote for the atheist.
The choice would depend on the variables at hand, but I hope we never have to face that decision.
Lee
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I think I'd like to see who and where they surveyed these Americans. Demographics play a big part in these polls. Interesting, to say the least. Thanks for sharing. Happy Monday!
I would vote for an athiest under one condition. That they were firmly against abortion and vowed to abolish it. But I doubt that would ever happen.
Greg I got your message through the "comments" so don't quite understand why you couldn't comment. I know some people are having problems reading my blog but I have done all I could to get it up and running.
Yvonne.
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