Evangelical leaders have called on pollsters to ask Democrats–and not just Republicans–if they are evangelicals when future primaries occur.
“Thus far, the National Election Pool’s exit poll surveys have pigeonholed evangelicals, reinforcing the false stereotype that we are beholden to one political party,” wrote nine leaders, including Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and Christianity Today editor David Neff. “No party can own any faith.”
Their Thursday letter was sent to polling and political directors of media outlets that are represented by the National Election Pool, which supplies poll data to ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC and the Associated Press.
An official from the National Election Pool was not immediately available for comment.
This oversight just confirms the mistaken narrative in the media that only Repubs are motivated by faith.
I am not interested in the faith or lack thereof of any candidate. I’m more interested in how they have voted on the issues in the past. If they have voted in the manner that pleases me and my wife then we seriously consider casting our vote for them. If past media history indicates they cannot be trusted then we don’t vote for them. Simple??