Even in Georgia, the pollsters aren't asking Democrats if they're evangelical or born again (64% of Republican voters today said yes). But that doesn't mean there aren't some interesting religion numbers in the exit polls.
Obama |
Clinton |
|
Protestant (28%) |
49 |
50 |
Catholic (8%) |
55 |
45 |
Mormon (1%) |
- |
- |
Other Christian (40%) |
77 |
22 |
Jewish (3%) |
- |
- |
Muslim (1%) |
- |
- |
Something else (9%) |
71 |
26 |
None (11%) |
67 |
30 |
What's up with 40 percent of Georgia's Democrats identifying themselves as "Other Christian," compared to only 28 percent Protestant? (The state's 8 percent Catholic is consistent with the state's population.)
The Republicans have fewer "Other Christians," which makes me think it's largely a synonym for "black Protestants." (Note: They also have fewer Jews, "something elses," and "nones." And no Muslims. I've dropped these from the table below, but you can access the original here.)
Huckabee |
McCain |
Romney | |
Protestant (56%) |
35 |
29 |
34 |
Catholic (10%) |
20 |
32 |
39 |
Other Christian (24%) |
48 |
27 |
20 |
Here are the evangelical numbers from Georgia:
Do you describe yourself as born-again or evangelical? |
Huckabee |
McCain |
Romney |
Yes (64%) |
43 |
25 |
29 |
All other responses (36%) |
17 |
37 |
36 |
Update: Our guest blogger Mollie Hemingway jokes: "Maybe Georgia has a huge Eastern Orthodox population." Hey, it is Georgia!
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