November 01, 2004
Vote Could Depend on Religious Voters
There are thoughts as to whether people of faith can make a strong enough voting bloc to drastically influence the election. If they place a lot of value on not wanting same-sex marriage or side for/against Measure 36, they might make an impact in favor of Bush.
There is wonder because not all people of faith stand on one side.
Here is a small portion of the source, the Oregonian (to read the entire article, click on the title below):
Faith politics could tip vote
Republicans and Measure 36 supporters pray for a big turnout of conservative Christians
Saturday, October 30, 2004
BILL GRAVES and JEFF MAPES
Tim Nashif, a key Republican strategist in Oregon who also is running the initiative campaign to ban same-sex marriages here, says he figures there is just one way President Bush can confound the pollsters and win the state.
"I don't think it's going to happen unless there is a dynamic out there that we haven't seen before," he said, "and that would be people of faith voting at a much greater clip than they have in the past."
This voting bloc -- which actually is not as monolithic as it sounds -- is also the prime force behind ballot measures in Oregon and 10 other states that would prohibit same-sex marriages.
Posted by State at 09:33 PM | Comments (1)
October 18, 2004
Candidate Schedules:
Here is a schedule of the events held by both candidates in Oregon:
BUSH/CHENEY (Bush has visited twice since March 3rd)
Oct. 14 - BUSH: Rally, Central Point
Sept. 17 - CHENEY: Town hall, Oregon City; Rally, Eugene
Sept. 3 - CHENEY: Rally, Pendleton
KERRY/EDWARDS (Kerry has visited three times since March 3rd)
Oct. 13 - EDWARDS: Rallies, Medford, Eugene, and Portland
Aug. 12-13 - KERRY: Rallies, Central Point, Portland; Front porch, Eugene
Source: CNN.com Specials
Posted by State at 04:23 PM | Comments (1)