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"Steven H." |
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14 Jul 2005 11:18:15 PM |
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Flavor of american christian |
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
(sorry about english, new to usa)
thanks, steven
il0001@spanners4us.com
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| User: "Larry Heath" |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
15 Jul 2005 02:49:22 PM |
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"Steven H." <TaddlePadd87@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121401095.431116.200770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
(sorry about english, new to usa)
thanks, steven
il0001@spanners4us.com
Lets explore this topic a bit further shall we. Of the registered voters in
the last presidential cycle approximately 50% voted for Bush and 50% for
Kerry. But only 60% of the eligible registered voters exercised their
franchise and voted. So, therefore, 40% of registered voters didn't vote at
all, and half of those that did vote voted for Kerry and half for Bush, from
this point of view Mr. Bush's "Mandate" came from just 30% of the registered
voters. What the exact percentage of Mr. Bushes 30% of the registered
voters that are conservative/religious right I am not sure, I seem to recall
a number of about 4% to 6% but I could very easily be wrong about that
number.
So in simple terms it appears that we have the 40% of registered voters to
thank, that set on their butts election day, for having to deal with another
4 year term with Mickey Mouse / Steam Boat Willy at the helm of the ship of
state.
At present, in my judgment, the Captain appears to have run into every snag
and sand bar on the damn river. The ship is taking on water pretty dang fast
and damn near foundering from all the abuse. What's that up ahead you say,
another snag, hells bells, full speed ahead, mustn't change course, we must
say the course no matter what the cost, maybe we can tear the damn keel
right out of her before sinks outright. From what I've read Dubya was a
mediocre pilot in the air, and it seems he isn't doing any to much better
piloting the ship of state! The first mate seems to be down in the gambling
saloon stealing from the passengers, taking bribes from the crew, and
skimming the till all at the same time. It seems the ship is crewed by
liars, thieves, cheats, cutthroats, and general Nair-do-wells, and the ship
of state as well.
Later Larry
aa # 2216
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| User: "Steven H." |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
15 Jul 2005 05:03:08 PM |
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I thank you for your answer, through i don't understand much!! But
what you say is:
6% of people aer very regious and voted bush. In outside usa, bush
seen as very religious.
Is that strange?
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Steven H.
il0001@spanners4us.com
il0001 at spanners4us.com
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| User: "Phÿltêr" |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
16 Jul 2005 09:36:50 AM |
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[posted and mailed]
"Larry Heath" <lgheath@comcast.net> astounded us with:
news:j-udnZtSN6DdjkXfRVn-og@comcast.com:
"Steven H." <TaddlePadd87@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121401095.431116.200770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
(sorry about english, new to usa)
thanks, steven
il0001@spanners4us.com
Lets explore this topic a bit further shall we. Of the registered voters
in the last presidential cycle approximately 50% voted for Bush and 50%
for Kerry. But only 60% of the eligible registered voters exercised
their franchise and voted. So, therefore, 40% of registered voters
didn't vote at all, and half of those that did vote voted for Kerry and
half for Bush, from this point of view Mr. Bush's "Mandate" came from
just 30% of the registered voters. What the exact percentage of Mr.
Bushes 30% of the registered voters that are conservative/religious
right I am not sure, I seem to recall a number of about 4% to 6% but I
could very easily be wrong about that number.
So in simple terms it appears that we have the 40% of registered voters
to thank, that set on their butts election day, for having to deal with
another 4 year term with Mickey Mouse / Steam Boat Willy at the helm of
the ship of state.
At present, in my judgment, the Captain appears to have run into every
snag and sand bar on the damn river. The ship is taking on water pretty
dang fast and damn near foundering from all the abuse. What's that up
ahead you say, another snag, hells bells, full speed ahead, mustn't
change course, we must say the course no matter what the cost, maybe we
can tear the damn keel right out of her before sinks outright. From what
I've read Dubya was a mediocre pilot in the air, and it seems he isn't
doing any to much better piloting the ship of state! The first mate
seems to be down in the gambling saloon stealing from the passengers,
taking bribes from the crew, and skimming the till all at the same time.
It seems the ship is crewed by liars, thieves, cheats, cutthroats, and
general Nair-do-wells, and the ship of state as well.
That's not the way Fred Stone, the GWB human buttplug sees it.....
--
Phÿltêr
AA#1938
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
Remove "s" to respond
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com
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| User: "Gail Futoran" |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
15 Jul 2005 03:19:36 PM |
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"Steven H." <TaddlePadd87@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1121401095.431116.200770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
(sorry about english, new to usa)
thanks, steven
il0001@spanners4us.com
I did a google search using the phrase
"atheists vote bush kerry"
and came up with a number of interesting
articles. If they're all like this one:
http://www.gcc.edu/alumni/vvconcise/2004/Nov_11_04_Kengor.html
the answer to your seems to be:
1) atheists constitute a minority of voters
2) a majority of atheist voters chose Kerry (about 68%
to 30% for Bush)
Which is not at all surprising to me.
Gail
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
15 Jul 2005 03:44:12 PM |
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In article <1121401095.431116.200770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
Steven H. <TaddlePadd87@hotmail.com> wrote:
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
These maps here:
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/
are a more accurate representation of the geographic USA in the 2004
elections. As you can see, it's neither red nor blue, but mostly
purple.
But still, to answer your question, there is a *rough* correlation
between conservative religious areas in the USA and areas that voted
for Bush/Cheney. This does not mean, however, that those areas voting
against Bush/Cheney were atheist. Atheists make up no more than 15% of
the population, maybe less. The so-called "blue" areas of the map are
made up primarily of urban centers (demographically liberal) and
religious liberals.
-chib
--
Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
(email: change out to in)
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| User: "John Baker" |
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| Title: Re: Flavor of american christian |
15 Jul 2005 02:06:53 AM |
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On 14 Jul 2005 21:18:15 -0700, "Steven H." <TaddlePadd87@hotmail.com> wrote:
I am curious about brekdown of american society. I know in recent
american election, halfs of the people voted for Bush.
Is that mapping to the religious view of usa well? Was atheist more
against Bush, or was it same on both sides?
If this newsgroup is anything to go by, very few atheists support Bush.
(sorry about english, new to usa)
thanks, steven
il0001@spanners4us.com
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