New Survey: Voters Uneducated and Indifferent to Life and Family Issues
Pew Survey Finds Voters Uninformed on Life and Family Issues by Hillary White A recent Pew research poll indicates that pro-life advocates have a way to go in bringing the life and family issues into the minds of voters. The August 2007 Religion and Public Life Survey was taken between August 1 and 18 and surveyed 3,002 adults. The survey found that social issues such as abortion and homosexual "marriage" continue to take a back seat in voters' minds to other domestic issues and the war in Iraq. In the last general election that voted in President Bush, the religious beliefs of candidates and the so-called "values" issues, including abortion, were found at exit polls to have been more significant factors than had previously been thought. Currently, despite the efforts of pro-life groups, only 22 per cent of the public and only 31 per cent of Republicans know that Rudy Giuliani is pro-abortion . 78 per cent said the economy, health care and the environment were t...