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dmallind

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3. To be honest less of an effect than I would have guessed

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 03:48 PM

Jan 2012

I wonder if it would have been different with a candidate who could be seen as both viable (Santorum is out) and "fundy-ethical" (Gingrich is out) as well as evangelical - and preferrably Protestant.

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Pew: Religion and the 2012 South Carolina Republican Primary [View all] cbayer Jan 2012 OP

The most surprising stat from that poll is that 2/3 of the primary voters were ... Jim__ Jan 2012 #1

That's up from 60% in 2008. cbayer Jan 2012 #2

Partly a problem of definition onager Jan 2012 #14

This is great information. cbayer Jan 2012 #15

I wondered myself... onager Jan 2012 #16

To be honest less of an effect than I would have guessed dmallind Jan 2012 #3

The vote was quite split in 2008 as well, with Huckabee (who seems to meet cbayer Jan 2012 #6

At the time he [robably was. Good info - bit more impact than in 12 but yes less than I expected. n dmallind Jan 2012 #8

What was that saying someone like Barney Frank said about Newt? MarkCharles Jan 2012 #4

I've never heard that quote before Dorian Gray Jan 2012 #13

The words Christian, Republican and Tea Party moobu2 Jan 2012 #5

What in this data would lead to that conclusion? cbayer Jan 2012 #7

Anybody notice that the columns don't add to 100? MarkCharles Jan 2012 #9

The error in column 1 is due to the n/a under "Other/No answer" Jim__ Jan 2012 #10

Why round at all? Are we not capable of understanding numbers to 3... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #11

There is no information in the 3rd decimal digit. Jim__ Jan 2012 #12