PUBLIC OPINION > Conservatives Were Rooting for Santorum
SodaHead News
2012/04/11 13:00:00
It's been a long, grueling primary season, but Mitt Romney has all but secured the GOP ticket. Rick Santorum, his primary opponent (no pun intended), dropped out of the race on Tuesday because it would have taken a miracle to win enough delegates, and his team felt it was time to unite the Republican party for the general election. In the wake of Sanotorum's resignation, we asked the public who was rooting for him.
This one is a little tricky, because political alignment doesn't just have profound affect on how people are going to vote -- it's essential to the question. Only 23% of the general public was voting for Santorum, but that includes liberals and progressives, who are probably rooting for Obama; libertarians, who are probably rooting for Ron Paul; and moderates, who could be rooting for anyone. We've got to take a closer look.
Conservatives Had Santorum's Back
A lot of respondents were referring to Santorum as an impossible candidate, and based on primary results that seemed to be the case, but more than half of conservative voters supported him. Every other political alignment combined averaged about 13% support, including libertarians.
Young Voters Can't Stand Him
Further evidence that older voters skew conservative, young voters supporting Santorum were practically nonexistant. Between the ages of 13 and 24, he received just 5% of the vote. But be careful not to infer that young voters are liberals. On the political spectrum, the lowest level of Santorum support and, we believe, most likely to represent young voters was "Other."
Smokers Throw Santorum a Bone
Believe it or not, smokers were significantly more likely to support Santorum. It could be that Santorum's conservative leanings make him an unlikely candidate to bring back the idea of slapping those disturbing images on the packages. Government regulation. They don't want it.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about Rick Santorum. We'd love to hear from you!
Top Opinion
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+15I am an Independent and a Pennsylvanian. You couldn't pay me to vote for santorum. There are many reasons he lost his seat here and he would have been you worst nightmare. Unless you want to revert to the dark ages and the inquisition
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Yes we do, but none of our political candiddates ever follow that rule, now do they?
You know who does follow that rule???
The Green Party, the only party that dose respect seperation of church and state, the only one!
Get a grip on life!
Know your history before you mouth off !
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Wha...
Most people do not know about a statue that was built in Plymouth Mass. in honor of our forefathers which is called "The National Monument to our Forefathers". Our government doesn't want you to know the truth about how this country was established on Godly morals and principles. That statue is more significant than the statue of liberty!
http://youtu.be/id8mSrixCbc
Nowhere does the Constitution say: "The United States is a Christian Nation", or anything even close to that. In fact, the words "Jesus Christ, Christianity, Bible, Creator, Divine, and God" are never mentioned in the Constitution-- not even once.
None of the Founding Fathers were atheists. Most of the Founders were Deists, which is to say they thought the universe had a creator, but that he does not concern himself with the daily lives of humans, and does not directly communicate with humans, either by revelation or by sacred books. They spoke often of God, (Nature's God or the God of Nature), but this was not the God of the bible.
If the Christian Right Extremists wish to return this country to its beginnings, so be it... because it was a climate of Freethought. The Founders were students of the European Enlightenment. Half a century after the establishment of the United States, clergymen complained that no president up to that date had been a Christian.
Boy are you wrong!!!!!
Myself, I'm christian, but i don't approve of other christians making up crap to further theif christian beliefs!!!!
http://ctmonuments.net/2010/0...
Your National Monument to the Forefathers proves what?????
Second, The declaration of Independence is not the constutition, it is exactly what it states, a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
And third, Moses and the 10 Commandments are not prominently featured in the Supreme Court building. Rather, most of the artistic embellishment in the building involves symbolic and allegorical representations of such legal themes as justice, authority, fairness and the like. Most of these representations involve human figures representing the civilizations of Greece and Rome (the building itself was designed to invoke the feeling of the classical Greek temple). If quantity is the measure of importance, the architecture of the Supreme Court favors the classical over the Mosaic tradition of law. Moreover, where Moses and the 10 Commandments are depicted, they are never given positions of exclusive prominence, as we would expect if the intention of the architec...
Second, The declaration of Independence is not the constutition, it is exactly what it states, a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
And third, Moses and the 10 Commandments are not prominently featured in the Supreme Court building. Rather, most of the artistic embellishment in the building involves symbolic and allegorical representations of such legal themes as justice, authority, fairness and the like. Most of these representations involve human figures representing the civilizations of Greece and Rome (the building itself was designed to invoke the feeling of the classical Greek temple). If quantity is the measure of importance, the architecture of the Supreme Court favors the classical over the Mosaic tradition of law. Moreover, where Moses and the 10 Commandments are depicted, they are never given positions of exclusive prominence, as we would expect if the intention of the architecture was to establish a connection between the Bible and American law. Rather, the architecture depicts Moses as one of many important lawgivers, and the 10 Commandments as one of many important events in legal history.
Depictions of Moses and the 10 Commandments would never have been allowed in the building if belief in separation of church and state was widespread in 1935 when it was painted.
Todays government does believe in separation of church and state becuse there are to many radical religions out there who would "ALL" want the same government rights!!!!!!!
Think about it friend, there being over 900 different religions in this world, half of them here in the United States practicing and licensed religions. And you want Just the Christians to have a say in government??????
Not gonna happen!
I understand what your saying loud and clear, but if we had things your way there would be massive chaos and religious wars right here in America.
I am Christian, and i do know the bible all to well. What i don't like is people pushing their beliefs they think are just into the political arena.
You want to think our forfathers were all christian, that's fine with me, but it's not the real truth of the matter.
Our modern History Books have forgotten that fact, but then many are published by atheists. Cannot hold that against them, for they only have made one serious blunder, They decided to {refuse} to believe there is a creator. Everything we see in nature tells us different, from that old argument regarding which came first the chicken or egg, on. Obviously an egg needed something to produce it, regardless, and everything else had to have an intelligent designer, builder. Last time i tried, to throw enough pieces od steel. alumninum, copper, etc into a room to build an airplane with, it landed in a foolish pile in the room, and even needed to be cleaned up as so much trash. without intelligent design, and builder this world would be the same as that pile of metal scrap, in fact not even so organized as the pile.
I'm not saying there is no God, because it sounds like your trying to convince me of that, I'm christian pal!!!
What i'm saying is in todays world we are not alone in this, and all religions want the same rights as Christians have, and our government has given them that right to be on equil standing with Christians, and while I'm not in agreeance with that logic, I follow the laws of the land. That means i don't want any religion messing with my government and trying to involve itself with my government.
So the best way to make sure that "NO" religion takes hold of government is to keep "ALL" of them away from making government decisions that affect us all, because if christians get their way, we will have to give all other religions the same way, and believe me you won't want to see that type of government ruling your life.
All you have to do is look at Muslim nations ruled by the muslim religion to see that should never be an option.
I miss the nativity scenes I use to see all during my childhood at the local city hall at christmas time, which are now banned because other religions did not want to see anything christian on public property. So we don't today, and sad as that is, it's bette...
I'm not saying there is no God, because it sounds like your trying to convince me of that, I'm christian pal!!!
What i'm saying is in todays world we are not alone in this, and all religions want the same rights as Christians have, and our government has given them that right to be on equil standing with Christians, and while I'm not in agreeance with that logic, I follow the laws of the land. That means i don't want any religion messing with my government and trying to involve itself with my government.
So the best way to make sure that "NO" religion takes hold of government is to keep "ALL" of them away from making government decisions that affect us all, because if christians get their way, we will have to give all other religions the same way, and believe me you won't want to see that type of government ruling your life.
All you have to do is look at Muslim nations ruled by the muslim religion to see that should never be an option.
I miss the nativity scenes I use to see all during my childhood at the local city hall at christmas time, which are now banned because other religions did not want to see anything christian on public property. So we don't today, and sad as that is, it's better than seeing other religious shrines covering the public domain across America like the wiccan religion for one.
Today we must force ourselves to remain non religious on public property because of other religions wanting their rights in America, and that means ten fold for government, because once any religion gets hold of government mandates we all lose in some way.
That's what I'm saying, and you may not agree and keep trying to shove christinaty into the political arena, but what it will get you is chaos, not a better government!
Neither is going to win their battle in a society that grants the same rights to everyone, and therefore makes all religious symbolism, non-public.
Religion is something that no one can take away as people still practice it in their homes and their places of worship, and government officials will still state their religious beliefs.
I don't find that terribly hard to deal with as long as everyone follows the same rules. And i know many don't, and they are delt with, and will awlays be delt with as they try to push their beliefs upon others. It's the way of the human being to persuade others to believe as they do, always has been.
This religion thing has always been, and will always be a problem in all societies, because religion is based upon faith, not fact. And society is based upon fact not faith.
if you don't think so, just try to go to any bank and ask for a loan, and ask them to have 'faith' that you will pay back the money without factual collateral. you won't get anything.
What part of that definition do you not understand???
Religion-1.The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.
Nw what part of that definition do you not understand????
Christinaty is a religion.
Your interpertation of it all, is your belief, not the norm.
Nowhere does the Constitution say: "The United States is a Christian Nation", or anything even close to that. In fact, the words "Jesus Christ, Christianity, Bible, Creator, Divine, and God" are never mentioned in the Constitution-- not even once.
None of the Founding Fathers were atheists. Most of the Founders were Deists, which is to say they thought the universe had a creator, but that he does not concern himself with the daily lives of humans, and does not directly communicate with humans, either by revelation or by sacred books. They spoke often of God, (Nature's God or the God of Nature), but this was not the God of the bible.
If the Christian Right Extremists wish to return this country to its beginnings, so be it... because it was a climate of Freethought. The Founders were students of the European Enlightenment. Half a century after the establishment of the United States, clergymen complained that no president up to that date had been a Christian.
Boy are you wrong!!!!!
Myself, I'm christian, but i don't approve of other christians making up crap to further theif christian beliefs!!!!
No where in the Constitution does it acknowledge the Christian God. Well yes that is true, but it does not negate the fact that the document was based on Judeo-Christian values and the fact that most of the founders were Christians.
You can't just make crap up!!!!!
You can twist your interpertation of the constitution all you want, and keep it that way for your own ends, but the one thing you can't do is change the actual words that do not support your belief.
My case is proven here!
I'm not the one trying to rewrite history here.