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Tags: 2008 Election, Conservative, Election, Liberal, Media, Politics, purple, swing voter, The Daily Show, Vote, Voting, Zogby, zogby international
If you’re among the growing number of voters who are disenchanted with both major parties, you may be considering a move to a third party. You’re not alone. Some minor parties have seen significant growth in recent years; Oregon’s Independent Party likely holds the record, with nearly 24,000 registered members since its inception a mere 18 months ago.
But before you make the leap to any third party, here are some questions you need to think about:
How important is winning to [...]
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Recently I served on a panel at BookExpo America that explored evangelicals’ changing attitudes toward politics. As each co-panelist spoke, I mentally applauded his assessment of how evangelicals are responding to, and changing, the current political climate. While there were some areas of disagreement, there was a much greater area of common ground among the four of us.
Except when it came to [...]
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 Over the weekend, James Dobson backed off his earlier assertion that he would not cast a vote for president this year if John McCain clinched the GOP nomination. Voting is a “God-given responsibility,” Dobson told host Sean Hannity Sunday night on Hannity’s America, and one that he plans to [...]
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A few weeks ago, as I was reading David Kinnaman’s book unChristian—a look at the way late teens to 30-year-olds perceive Christianity—I found myself nodding in agreement. Not only did I fully understand this younger generation’s negative attitudes, I’ve also harbored many of those same opinions over the years. And today, in no arena of life is this more evident than in the political sphere, where partisanship in the church has repelled [...]
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