Rev. Franklin Graham claimed today that the “majority of Christians” did not vote.

[The Straight Story]

Rev. Franklin Graham claimed today that the “majority of Christians” did not vote.

No, it's not 'Christians'' fault Obama won

The outspoken Rev. Franklin Graham claimed today that the “majority of Christians” did not vote.

“We know that from of the statistics that I’ve heard that the majority of Christians in this country just did not vote for whatever reason,” he told the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody. “The vast majority of evangelicals did not go to the polls.” He added, “God is in control, and if Christians are upset, they need to be upset at themselves. We need to do a better job of getting our people- the church to vote. Now, I’m not trying to tell you how to vote, you can vote, but vote, my goodness, and vote for candidates that stand for Biblical values.”

But Graham’s assertion -- and implication that had white Christian evangelicals just showed up in bigger numbers, President Obama would have lost -- is off base.

In fact, white evangelicals/born-again Christians made up the same percentage of the electorate as they did in 2008 – 26%. They voted for Mitt Romney, a devout Mormon, by a wider margin than they did for Sen. John McCain four years ago.
And, they made up a larger share of the electorate in 2012 than in 2004, when the Christian Right supposedly fueled George W. Bush’s reelection. They also voted for Romney with the exact same margin as for Bush in 2004, 78%-21%.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/16/15219396-no-its-not-christians-fault-obama-won#comments

[WinkyDink]

1. Voting strictly for "Biblical values" wouldn't have helped Romney the Mormon.

[RichGirl]

20. That's exactly right.

I have evangelical Christians in my family. I don't know why I got all the good teaching of Jesus...while they went off the deep end, but that's the way it is.

One characteristic of these people is they have very rigid thinking. Once something gets in the brain it is set in concrete.

The main thing is:

Jesus died for our sins and if you don't believe that you are going to hell no matter how good of a person you are....period.

Among the lesser things that they are equally adamant about:

Mormanism is a cult...period.

So, all the Fox News Obama is evil, abortion is evil, Benghazi, etc...did not penetrate the concrete of the hardcore Christians.

[kelliekat44]

21. So God is in control? Why didn't he make all Christians vote?

I hate people who form God in their own image.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. Man created God, what else can you expect?

[orwell]

2. There you go...

...with that darn math again.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Some nutbag was spewing that crap in my local paper this morning.

Now I know where he/she got it. It figures.

[gordianot]

4. If Graham voted just proves his point that Christians did not vote.

Having trouble fitting through the eye of that needle?

[Democat]

5. If evangelicals would have refused to support Romney they would have more power now

Instead they went all out to support a Mormon who lost.

That makes the Republican party think they are not as important as they were before the election.

They gambled and lost.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Translated: the "majority of Christians didn't vote" for Romney.

[yardwork]

12. They did, though. Something like 80% of them voted for Romney according to exit polls.

Graham is just trying to get even more of them to vote for the next Republican.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Depends on how (narrowly) you define "Christian".

I'd say a majority of non-fundamentalist and mainstream Christians voted for Obama, not Romney.

[yardwork]

16. A majority of Protestants voted for Romney, according to Pew. See below.

A majority of Catholics voted for Obama, 50% to 48%, but most Protestants voted for Romney.

http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/How-the-Faithful-Voted-2012-Preliminary-Exit-Poll-Analysis.aspx

[no_hypocrisy]

18. Point taken

I just find it hard to understand how African-American churches, Baptists, etc. didn't at least meet vote-for-vote with white Protestant church voters.

[yardwork]

22. It shows how lop-sided the white Protestant vote was for Romney.

African American Protestants voted for Obama by a huge percentage. White evangelicals voted for Romney by 79% - very disappointing.

[Cha]

39. Wow! That's got to upset the bishops and the pope.

And, I see it as.. Catholics on the whole are smarter than Protestants.

I don't have any affiliation whatsoever.

[yardwork]

41. The Hispanic Catholics tipped the vote. White Catholics supported Romney.

As a whole, the Hispanic Catholics supported Obama very strongly.

[Cha]

42. Oh right.. I didn't think about the Hispanic part

..thanks, yardwork. Yes, Smart!

[newspeak]

23. there are christians and then there are "christians"

like the wacked out, follow any jimmy jones types. my MIL and especially my SIL are christian and they voted for obama. i guess the "right" christians didn't come out and vote, hey graham?

[Cha]

40. Zactly newspeak.. my sis in New York is a Christian and she was

Ecstatic that Pres Obama won re-election!

Too many of the teabagger "christians" stayed home? Why didn't Billy and Franklin have enough Pull to get them out for romhead?

[hobbit709]

7. The majority of Christians or the majority of lip service Christians?

[GeorgeGist]

8. Graham Crackers.

Rat's Ass.

[Carolina]

9. Graham is such

a POS. There was an evangelical minister on Rev Al's show last night who had visited the White House (with Rev Al and others) yesterday. He eloquently called Graham out on HIS partisan values that were anything but Christian. Guys like Graham are the reason for the saying: the problem with Christianity is Christians.

[Honeycombe8]

10. So that makes Romney's base older white men, and evangelicals. Which wasn't enuf.

I think he may also have had soccer moms, but they're not a "group." Women are, and Obama won the women vote. But Romney won the white vote.

[tanyev]

11. Hey, Franklin, did you put Mormonism back on your list of cults yet?

Now that Romney's lost, there's really no more reason for you to pretend.

[jberryhill]

35. I'm waiting to see that come back

God's principles are flexible over there

[shenmue]

13. I did!

So there.

[KharmaTrain]

15. Wait...What???

...didn't they drag out the 90-year old man to tell the "real xtians" it was OK to vote for Bishop Willard over the "colored fella"? That musta been quite a soul searching moment...trying to absolve not just voting for, but being accepting of a blasphomous Mormon over the "assuredly" moooozlim black guy.

This is par for the course...rushpublicans can't accept blame and here's yet another one passing the buck. Again...no mention on the fact how everyone in the nation other than old white guys rejected everything Willard and the rushpublicans stand for. Keep up the disconnect...finally America appears to have woken up to the hucksters...

[RBInMaine]

17. I guess it was God's will (or God's SWILL) that they didn't vote. hahahahahaha

[Ikonoklast]

19. Graham Cracker assumed Captaincy of a sinking ship.

Refuses to acknowledge the rats leaving it just as fast as they can.

[newspeak]

24. i think some of these mega church leaders are more interested in their business

interests and that "faith based" federal money to supposedly help the poor who the leaders deem worthy; than think of what's best for their flock.

[Ikonoklast]

25. Cults of Personality that usually fail after the original grifter founder croaks off.

The founder's family all raised in wealth and luxury breaks into factions, fights over control of the money, then it all collapses as the sheep who were getting fleeced to fund the empire of greed wander off to find a new religious con man to follow.

If there was no money to be made running the religion scam, most of these people would go away.

[Botany]

27. who cares what that stupid f***ing douche nozzle says?

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[lalalu]

28. Then it was God's will.

He knows better than God now

[marlakay]

29. Then why were the overall vote totals up? Nt

[Jennicut]

30. Ha! This Christian happily voted for President Obama.

The evangelical Christians voted for Mittens but the rest of us are not so lockstep. There are many moderate/liberal Christians who vote for Democrats. That caring about the poor thing is real to us.

[Jack Sprat]

31. Alledged Reverend Frank Birmingham

is nothing but a slick republican politician. He just uses the Bible for bucks. Fuller brush salesmen run in the family.

[appleannie1]

32. Rev. Graham, what you believe has nothing to do with what Christ taught therefore you are not

Christian. Go live on an island and take your cult with you.

[LiberalFighter]

33. If Franklin Graham speaks the truth then

there aren't that many Christians in America. And if there aren't that many Christians then they will not have an impact on elections. But that can't be true because it would mean that Romney would had lost by a much bigger margin.

There is a reason why he became a minister. It's easier to lie and not be held accountable by your followers.

[Scootaloo]

34. "Christian" = "People who agree with me"

Same as it's ever been

[Ruby the Liberal]

36. The Bible instructs that we are to pray for our leaders

and respect their authority. Any of this come tumbling out of his mouth while he was using his bible as a weapon to beat people over the head?

[hrmjustin]

37. There are many Christians like myself who look at the GOP and find nothing Christian about it.

[SpartanDem]

38. These religious right nuts would be labeled terrorist,

if they were Muslim.

[Raine]

43. I voted "biblical values" when I voted for Obama ... those old fashioned "biblical values" like

caring about people, not wanting people to go hungry, wanting them to be able to have a roof over their heads, etc etc etc.