McCain over Obama by 37-point on White Voters

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McCain Retains Support of Highly Religious White Voters

White weekly church attenders support McCain over Obama by 37-point margin

PRINCETON, NJ -- A Gallup update based on more than 21,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking in October shows that registered voters' religious intensity continues to be a powerful predictor of their presidential vote choice. John McCain wins overwhelmingly among non-Hispanic whites who attend church weekly, while Barack Obama dominates among whites who seldom or never attend church.

The relationship between church attendance and voting has been well-established in previous presidential elections, and the analysis of Gallup data collected Oct. 1-26 suggests that this year is no different.

The swing in vote choice between groups of non-Hispanic white voters differentiated by their religious intensity (operationalized in this review as self-reported church attendance) is dramatic, ranging from a 37-point McCain advantage among whites who attend church weekly (about 32% of all non-Hispanic white registered voters) to a 19-point Obama advantage among those who seldom or never attend worship services (about 47% of white voters). The middle group of non-Hispanic whites who attend church nearly every week or monthly (20%) support McCain by a 12-point margin.

McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate just before the Republican National Convention might have been expected to bolster his standing among highly religious whites, given her credentials as a staunch conservative on moral or values issues.

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