Religion of voters in swing states

vinlyn

I thought this was interesting in light of some of our conversations. It's part of the most recent poll of swing state voters, just completed. It's from the POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll.

Go to http://images.politico.com/global/2012/10/politico_gwbgp_oct29_questionnaire.html and scroll down to D 12, about 4/5 of the way down the page.

"What is the church you or your family attends most often?"

Jeffrey

What did you think about the church question? I was surprised how many 'born again' christians.


AME (Africa Methd. Episcopal) ................... *
Assemblies of God ..................................... 1%
Baptist/American ....................................... 3%
Baptist/Missionary or Indep.
or Primitive or other .................................. 5%
Baptist/Southern ......................................... 8%
Bible Church ............................................... 1%
Christian Church ......................................... 7%
Christian Reformed Church .............................
Church of Christ ......................................... 1%
Church of God ............................................ 1%
Disciples of Christ ......................................... *
Episcopalian ............................................... 1%
Evangelical ................................................. 1%
Friends ........................................................... *
Fundamentalist .............................................. *
Eastern/Greek Orthodox ................................ *
Jewish ......................................................... 2%
Lutheran ...................................................4%
Mennonite ................................................... *
Methodist/United Methodist ...................... 5%
Mormon/Latter Day Saints ......................... 1%
Nazarene ........................................................ *
Non-denominational .................................5%
Other Protestant ........................................3%
Pentecostal/Charismatic ...........................1%
Presbyterian/United Presb ........................3%
Quaker/Amish ............................................. *
Reformed Church in America ..................... *
Roman Catholic ...................................... 21%
Seventh Day Adventist ................................ *
United Church of Christ .............................. *
OTHER (SPECIFY) .................................2%
None (TO D13) ...................................... 21%
DK/REFUSED (TO D13) .......................... 4%

vinlyn

What interested me most was "none".

Bunks

Forgive my ignorance but what is "bible church" and how does it differ from any other christian church? Aren't they all bible churches?

zombiegirl

Do you think Roman Catholics are so high because they distrust the Mormons? I've heard very religious people say as much, anyways.

Buddhists don't even register, lol...

Cinorjer

Bunks said:

Forgive my ignorance but what is "bible church" and how does it differ from any other christian church? Aren't they all bible churches?

A "Bible Church" is an independent church not tied to any existing denomination. The Pastor and congregation answer to the Bible and God only, not some officials from a central office that tell them what to preach and how much money they must pay the central office every year.

Anyone can grab a Bible, rent a hall or building, and declare they've started a Bible Church. The preachers tend to be charismatic and hold to a literal, fundamentalist and evangelical view of Christianity and the Bible. Most are pretty mainstream, although since there are no rules of conduct, some have strayed into cult status.