Past performance may not guarantee future results on Wall Street, but in politics it more frequently does. As in prior elections, a majority of voters in the upcoming presidential election whose politics are informed by their faith are likely to cast their ballots for a candidate whose personal behavior does not reflect those values.
According to a Pew poll released in March, Republicans and Democrats — by a 2 to 1 margin — feel that it is more important for a president to “stand up for people with their religious beliefs” than it is for him to “have strong religious beliefs” of his own.
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