The Evangelical Christian Bloc Could Be Split Between GOP and Dems

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For the longest time, the GOP received strong support from the Evangelical Christian voting bloc. Conservative Christians had even made up part of the voting bloc. However, this may not be the case for the 2008 US presidential races. Why? Like many in the country according to the polls, the Evangelical Christians want change. Well, not all of them are looking for “change,” though. But, there are those that are.

Luckily, these handful that want change are influential Christian leaders. They may end up using their influence to get more people to join them. If the GOP does lose that bloc, it will be highly devastating.

Some of the Evangelical Christian leaders have stepped forward and spoken out. They did not talk about abortions or gay marriage. These leaders said that they are sick and tired of politics that divides people over “moral” issues that have overshadowed the more important issues.

“Our proposal in [our] manifesto is to join forces with all those who support a civil public square. … a vision of public life in which people of all faiths – which, of course, means no faith – are free to enter and engage public life on the basis of their faith,” said Os Guinness, one of those Christian leaders that have shown signs of dissent.

Right now, this is good for the Democratic Party. At the same time, it is bad for presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain. It is a given that many Evangelical Christians do make up the conservative bloc of the GOP. So far, McCain has not had any luck getting the conservative voting bloc on his side. McCain has said that he needs their help if he is to win the US presidency.

Now, Democratic frontrunners Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and Senator Hillary Clinton of New York have started to talk more about their faith. Instead of talking about the typical “moral issues,” the Evangelicals are joining the fight to combat the AIDS epidemic, hunger, poverty, destruction of the environment, and many more issues. These are things that the eventual Democratic nominee can capitalize on.

On a side note, as a means to get more people to attend confession, the Vatican had released the “7 Mortal Sins.” One of those mortal sins was environmental pollution.

However, it does not mean that Evangelical Christian voting bloc is up for grabs. There are still plenty of Evangelical Christians still loyal to the GOP.

But, it does show that this voting bloc has a high chance of getting split between the two parties. Things have changed and the exclusive voting blocs are depleting.

This will spell good news for the eventual Democratic nominee and bad news for presumed GOP nominee John McCain.

Recently, the feminist movement is split between Obama and Clinton. It reveals that this voting bloc does not exclusively belong to Clinton.