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RELIGION & POLITICS:
Religious Voters in Texas and Ohio Primaries
March 7, 2008    Episode no. 1127
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According to Zogby International's pre-election tracking polls of likely voters in Ohio and Texas, Hillary Clinton did well again among religious voters, especially white Catholics. She also did better than Barack Obama among white evangelicals and other white Protestants, while he did better among non-white evangelicals and Protestants. Obama did better than Clinton among non-white Catholics in Ohio, but she captured non-white Catholics in Texas as well as.Jewish voters. There was considerable movement among the votes of religious groups in the days leading up to these two primaries. Religious voters continue to remain in flux, with some of Obama's inroads among them appearing to have weakened, and they are expected to loom large in the remaining Democratic primaries.

Ohio Likely Democratic Primary Voters March 4, 2008


White Evangelical/Born Again % Non White Evangelical/Born Again % White Protestant % Non White Protestant % White Catholic % Non White Catholic % Other %
Hillary Clinton 53 10 53 15 59 43 39
Barack Obama 35 80 37 78 30 52 47
Other/ Not Sure 12 10 10 7 11 5 14
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100


Ohio Likely Republican Primary Voters March 4, 2008


White Evangelical/Born Again % Non White Evangelical/Born Again % White Protestant % Non White Protestant % White Catholic % Non White Catholic % Other %
John McCain 47 36 66 74 73 92 57
Mike Huckabee 40 42 22 26 17 0 18
Other/ Not Sure 13 22 12 0 10 8 25
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100


Texas Likely Democratic Primary Voters March 4, 2008


White Evangelical/Born Again % Non White Evangelical/Born Again % White Protestant % Non White Protestant % White Catholic % Non White Catholic % Other %
Hillary Clinton 55 26 49 20 54 56 39
Barack Obama 33 62 43 70 37 32 53
Other/ Not Sure 12 12 8 10 9 12 8
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100


Texas Likely Republican Primary Voters March 4, 2008


White Evangelical/Born Again % Non White Evangelical/Born Again % White Protestant % Non White Protestant % White Catholic % Non White Catholic % Other %
John McCain 44 40 60 67 68 70 61
Mike Huckabee 45 34 23 17 17 18 18
Other/ Not Sure 11 26 17 16/td> 15 12 21
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100


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