Some highlights from a new Faith in Public Life poll on faith and the political views of young people in the United States:
• More Americans think Obama is friendly to religion than McCain. Forty-nine percent of Americans say Obama is friendly to religion, while 45% say McCain is friendly to religion. More than seven-in-ten (71%) say it is important for public officials to be comfortable talking about religious values.
• Americans say economy, energy and gas prices, and health care are the most important issues in 2008. Americans rank the economy (83%) and energy/gas prices (76%), and health care (71%) as the most important issues in the 2008 election. Economic issues topped the list of most important issues among all religious groups.
• Americans rank abortion and same-sex marriage as the least important issues in 2008. Only 43% and 28% respectively say these issues are very important issues to their vote in 2008. White evangelicals do not rank abortion or same-sex marriage in their top five most important voting issues.
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AMA citation:
Greenfield N. The young and the faithful. The Immanent Frame. 2008. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/10/13/the-young-and-the-faithful/. Accessed March 18, 2010.
APA citation:
Greenfield, Nicole. (2008). The young and the faithful. Retrieved March 18, 2010, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/10/13/the-young-and-the-faithful/
Chicago citation:
Greenfield, Nicole. 2008. The young and the faithful. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/10/13/the-young-and-the-faithful/ (accessed March 18, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Greenfield, N 2008, The young and the faithful, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved March 18, 2010, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/10/13/the-young-and-the-faithful/>
MLA citation:
Greenfield, Nicole. "The young and the faithful." 13 Oct. 2008. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 18 Mar. 2010. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/10/13/the-young-and-the-faithful/>
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