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During his interview with Sarah Palin, James Dobson of Focus on the Family described a conference call he had with leading preachers. He said: “It was just incredible thing…the spirit of the Lord was on that call and we were rather boldly asking for a miracle with regard to the election this year.” Palin expressed…

By Mark DeMoss I am an evangelical Southern Baptist who worked for a Mormon candidate in the primaries and voted yesterday for John McCain. According to exit polls some 72 percent of white evangelicals joined me in a losing effort. While there is much we can learn from this historic election–I’ll propose just four lessons.…

Turnout was up more among Born Again Christians than among youths…. In Colorado, the base of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, the percentage of evangelicals supporting the Democrat doubled since 2004. New voters as a percentage of the electorate in 2004: 11% New voters in 2008: 11%… Obama won Michigan (once a battleground) by…

There was indeed an increase in evangelical turnout. They accounted for 23% of the electorate in 2004; 26% this time. That was supposed to fuel a McCain upset. But Obama did, in the end, attract a meaningful number of evangelicals — more than wiping out the surge of Born Agains voting for McCain. Obama won…
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