The survey results underscore the importance of faith in helping Christians figure out how to vote, continues George Barna. In fact, one out of every four Americans say they trust their church or pastor to exert a lot of influence on their political choices. But if more pastors were willing to teach their congregants how to think biblically about political issues, matters of governance, and candidate selection, the election campaign might have been dramatically altered.
Barna, who began the firm in and sold it in , also pointed out the willingness of young voters to be influenced by many sources of political information. Among the ten information sources examined an average of 15 percent of people under 30 received a lot of information from each source tested.
While turnout among young adults is expected to be lower this year than in the last two elections, it is encouraging to see young voters considering information from a variety of sources. Barna pointed out that the research also supports the widely-held belief about the political influence of churches and religious beliefs on evangelicals.
Evangelicals take a lot of criticism for their blending of faith and politics, but they believe that their faith is meant to be integrated into every dimension of their life.
The research shows that they are following through on that belief. About the Research This research was conducted by the Barna Group using an online survey with a nationally representative sample of adults 18 and older. A total of 1, adults were interviewed, resulting in registered voters and likely voters participating in the survey. The surveys were completed online from September 12 through September 19, The estimated maximum sampling error for the aggregate sample is plus or minus 4 percentage points at the percent confidence level.
The sampling error estimate is higher for subgroups within the total sample. Born again : Have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today and believe that, when they die, they will go to heaven because they have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. Evangelicals : Have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today and believe that, when they die, they will go to heaven because they have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, plus seven other conditions.
These conditions include saying their faith is very important in their life today; believing they have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs about Christ with non-Christians; believing that Satan exists; believing that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; asserting that the Bible is accurate in all that it teaches; believing that eternal salvation is possible only through grace, not works; and describing God as the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfect deity who created the universe and still rules it today.
In recent elections women have been much less likely than men to vote for the Democratic Party. Men are more likely to vote for gun ownership rights, whereas women are more likely to vote for decreased role of government. Men are more likely to support affirmative action to encourage racial and social equality.
In recent elections women have been much more likely than men to vote for the Democratic Party. Since the election, there has been a very clear voting pattern in American general elections, where women are much more likely than men to vote for a candidate from the Democratic Party. The two largest gender discrepancies in American history have occurred during the successful elections of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Men are more likely to vote for gun ownership rights, but men are also more likely to vote for a decreased role of government. Women are more likely to support affirmative action to encourage racial and social equality. The term, Solid South, was historically used, from the end of the Civil War until the middle of the s, to refer to the fact that the South almost always voted for the Democratic Party.
These days, the "Solid South" could just as easily be applied to the fact that the South very consistently votes Republican. Modern fiscal conservatives favor reducing spending, reducing taxation and regulation, lowering national debt, and lowering and balancing budgets.
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Hanley Rd, Suite St. Louis, MO Subject optional. Email address: Your name:. Which of the following is an influence on a person's political beliefs and ideology. Possible Answers: career field. Correct answer: All of the other answers. Explanation : A person's political beliefs, being multifaceted and complicated, are shaped by a variety of factors, including religious background, education, employment history, and income level.
Report an Error. Possible Answers: Gay rights. Correct answer: Gun rights. Explanation : The issue of gun ownership and gun rights is most likely to create a massive gender gap in the pattern of voting. Possible Answers: Catholicism. Correct answer: Judaism. Explanation : Followers of Judaism are by far the most likely religious group in contemporary America to have liberal opinions on issues and to vote for liberal candidates. Possible Answers: Women are more likely to support increased social spending.
However, such strategies may not influence voters if social network site usage determinants are not considered. Despite its contributions, this study has some limitations. First, the relationship between social media and voters was investigated by considering only the Facebook users of voting age in Taiwan. Although Facebook exhibits the highest penetration among Taiwan social media users, the results may not be considered representative of the entire country because only one network site was used.
For future research, respondents from different social network sites or different countries can be recruited to enrich the sample. Second, although the demographic distribution of sampled population in this research is similar to the overall demographic characteristics of Facebook users in Taiwan, potential bias may exist because our respondents were voluntarily participating in the research. For future research, randomly choose the respondents to participate in the survey would decrease the bias.
Social network sites have become one of the important channels for election campaigns. The influence of social network sites on political participation has received considerable attention from academic researchers and business managers.
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