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Religion's Impact on 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

Explore the role of moral values, social policies, and religious references in the 2004 election based on surveys and data analysis. Understand why voters prioritized issues like abortion, gay marriage, and stem cells. Examine voting priorities by church attendance and religious denomination. Gain insights on how the public rates institutions' attitudes toward religion and politics.

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Religion's Impact on 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

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  1. “Religion and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election”University of MainzOctober 13, 2005Luis LugoPew Forum on Religion and Public LifeWashington, D.C., USA

  2. Voting Priorities Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Poll, August 2004

  3. What Mattered Most in Your Vote? Fixed Open- List* end** % % Moral values (Net) 27 14 Moral values -- 9 Social issues^ -- 3 Candidate’s morals -- 2 Iraq 22 25 Economy/Jobs 21 12 Terrorism 14 9 Health Care 4 2 Education 4 1 Taxes 3 1 Other 4 31 Don’t know 15 100 100 * First choice among the seven items provided on the exit poll list. ** Unprompted verbatim first response to open-ended question. ^ Abortion, gay marriage, stem cells Data from Pew post elect survey, Nov 5-8, 2004

  4. ‘Moral Values’ – What comes to mind? Chose Did not “Moral values”choose % % Social policies (Net) 44 18 Gay marriage 29 11 Abortion 28 8 Stem cells 4 3 Other policies 9 8 Candidate qualities 23 17 Religious references 18 11 Traditional values 17 35 Negative responses 1 12 Other (Vol.) 4 6 Means nothing/DK 2 15 Data from Pew post elect survey, Nov 5-8, 2004

  5. 2004 Voting Priorities:By Church Attendance Source: November 2004 poll, Moral Values: How Important? Pew Research Center for The People & The Press

  6. 2004 Voting Priorities: By Religious Denomination November 2004 poll, Moral Values: How Important? Pew Research Center for The People & The Press

  7. Source: Fourth National Survey of Religion and Politics, Bliss Institute, University of Akron, March-May 2004

  8. How the Public Rates Institutions’ Attitudes Toward Religion Source: Religion and Politics, Contention and Consensus, July 2003 ; ** Numbers from August 2005 survey

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