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30 Cards in this Set
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When did the news break that Bush had been arrested in 1976 and convicted of a DUI?
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The Thursday before the election
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What was the result of the news leaking to the media that Bush had been arrested in 1976 and convicted of a DUI?
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Kept 4 million Evvangelicals at home on election day
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What was the primary indicator of voting behavior?
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Individals levels of relgious commitment and activity
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What became yardsticks to measure candidates values and personal faith?
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Social Issues
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What also became issues in the campaign?
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personal faith and potential impact on governing
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what emerged as the most important issue of the election?
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moral values
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what was the best predictor of candiadate choice?
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church attendance
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what group turned out in record numbers to vote?
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evangelicals
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how many americans indicated they wanted a pres to have strong religious beliefs?
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7/10
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before what year there was no religious gap
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1972
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during whos 2nd term the religiuos gap widened b/n the aprties
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clintons
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republicans believe a pres should be guided by his what when making policy decisions?
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faith
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what do universalists believe?
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that all the great religions in the world are equally true and good
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what do particularists believe?
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are religions are not equal
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bush voters were twice as likely than kerry voters to believe that goverment should support what?
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traditional values
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who did bush identify as his favorite political philosopher or thinker?
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Jesus Christ
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kerrys religion
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catholic
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kerry was the first catholic to run for president since who?
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kennedy
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kerry tried to demonstrate he wasnt too what to be president?
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catholic
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since 1960 those attending mass regularly have increasingly called themselves ?____________and identified themselves as ?______________________
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republicans, conservatives
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what became organizing machines for the republicans?
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white evangelical southern churhces
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what became organizing machines for the democrats?
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labor unions
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pastors started comparing the campaign on what five issues?
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1. abortion
2. fetal stem cell research 3. same sex marriage 4. human cloning 5. euthanasia |
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what positions of Kerrys were in direct opposition to the church?
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abortion and stem cell
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was bush the first republican to garner a majority of catholic support?
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yes
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what types of churches did kerry spend time in?
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black churches
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who did kerry loose support with and why?
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black conservative christians
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did kerry oppose gay marriage?
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yes
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whree did references about faith and the role of religion occur?
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at the repub convention and in the two debates
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true or false - several primetime speakers at the repub convention directly addressed issues of faith and personal morality of bush
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true
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