Description
After the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004, the "God Gap" became a hotly debated political issue. Religious voters were seen as the key to Bush's victory, and Democrats began scrambling to reach out to them. Four years later, however, with the economy in a tailspin on election day, religion barely seemed to register on people's radar screens. In this book, a team of well-regarded scholars digs deeper to examine the role religion played in the 2008 campaign. They take a long view, placing the election in historical context and looking at the campaign as a whole, from the primaries through all the way through election day. At the heart of their analysis is data gleaned from a national survey conducted by the authors, in which voters were interviewed in the spring of 2008 and then re-interviewed after the election.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsChapter 1IntroductionChapter 2Religion and Presidential Campaigns in PerspectiveChapter 3Religion and the Political Landscape in 2008Chapter 4Religion and the 2008 Presidential PrimariesChapter 5Religion and the Summer InterludeChapter 6Religion and the Fall CampaignChapter 7Religion and Election Day: Voter Mobilization in 2008Chapter 8Religion and Election Day: Voting PatternsChapter 9The God Gap RevisitedTablesReferencesIndex
