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David Brody on the 2010 Midterm Elections and Religious Journalism

Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christine O'Donnell, elections, gay marriage, Glenn Beck, Ground Zero mosque, John McCain, Mormonism, Ralph Reed, religion and politics, Religious Right, Sharron Angle, tea party movement, teavangelicals

David Brody, chief political correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network, shares his reflections on the 2010 midterm elections in the US. We discuss the role of evangelical Christians in the Tea Party movement, the impact that religion had on the campaigns of Christine O’Donnell and Sharron Angle, and the effect that the Ground Zero mosque may have played in the elections. Mr. Brody then discusses what it is like to be a Christian journalist in Washington, DC and a secular media world.

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Corwin Smidt on Religion, Elections and the God Gap

Tags: Barack Obama, Catholicism, Democrats, elections, God gap, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, modernists, Mormonism, religion and politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, tea party movement, traditionalists

Corwin Smidt (Calvin College and the Henry Institute) discusses the role that religion plays in national elections with a focus on the 2008 presidential campaign. We explore whether the “God gap” disappeared in the 2008 presidential contest and whether religion will play a role in the 2010 mid-term elections for Congress. (To download, right click on the download button and choose “save target as…”).

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