https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to democratic party en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/05/10/michigan-dem-attempts-resurrect-democrats-dont-get-religion-trope-real-question-do-dems Ah, springtime in America. The flowers! The birds! The… pundits? Although the first primaries for the 2024 presidential election are about nine months away, election season is already being thrust upon us. Like the annual commercial push for Christmas, which… Wed, 10 May 2023 05:22:34 EDT Chrissy Stroop 2dccf67d-d4b4-4dea-a762-2728517351d2 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/11/10/its-time-democrats-read-bible-verses-wall-and-stop-courting-white-evangelicals I’ve always been fond of the “ Charlie Brown with the football ” series from Peanuts. The premise is simple: Lucy is holding a football and she wants Charlie to kick it. Charlie is reluctant because he knows Lucy’s track… Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:35:26 EST Ryan Burge 8faa633e-12e6-4350-8199-58bf094f386d https://religiondispatches.org/2019/03/20/dems-should-take-notes-elizabeth-warrens-pitch-perfect-answer-faith Speaking about her faith in a recent CNN town hall meeting the senator managed to avoid the mistakes of so many of her predecessors. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:17:51 EDT Daniel Schultz 4e0a1976-65d2-481b-8db7-edd7551a3015 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/08/15/dems-need-more-faith-episode-lxxi-beer-caucus-proposal The ‘Dems ignore faith’ narrative ignores the rise of the Nones. It’s as if it were 1954, and liberals were smarting over getting flanked by Ike on the ‘In God We Trust’ issue. Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:13:33 EDT Daniel Schultz 20685104-b91a-421b-8eaa-85b374849bda https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/20/trump-may-be-big-fan-hindu-hindus-are-running-and-winning-democrats On Tuesday, the special election in Arizona’s eighth congressional district could produce the fifth Hindu member of the U.S. House. While Democrat Hiral Tipirneni faces long odds— despite polls showing otherwise—in a reliably red district formerly held by GOP Rep… Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:34:52 EDT Murali Balaji ff562aa9-3015-4ccf-b8c9-40d58a156794 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/21/very-brief-response-democrats-must-turn-back-people-faith A friend sends a link to this Michael Wear piece in the Atlantic, saying “I saw this and thought it must’ve been published just to piss you off specifically.” Well, mostly I just sigh these days, but good guess. Very… Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:39:21 EST Daniel Schultz afe56474-0d7d-4fd1-9322-8d9f0676d2a4 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/26/democrats-real-religion-problem-and-all-ours Hand to God, every mainstream commentator on religion and politics has a liturgy—a catechism—they must learn before they are allowed to publish in a big-ticket outlet. It goes like this: Q: Who promulgated Rerum Novarum? A: Pope Leo XIII promulgated… Mon, 26 Jun 2017 02:05:23 EDT Daniel Schultz 2aca0af5-9574-473a-b908-179a1d3e7340 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/11/pro-life-has-officially-lost-its-meaning For anyone whose political memory dates back more than a decade or two, the term “pro-life” was pretty clear: it was understood as the antithesis of “pro-choice” or supportive of the legal right to abortion. But increasingly, what constitutes “pro-life”… Thu, 11 May 2017 03:35:15 EDT Patricia Miller 2db93aad-6fb6-4c49-bc18-6c713a52a830 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/18/problem-moral-nuance-abortion-democrats The New York Times received numerous responses to an opinion piece it recently published—from a man—about how the Democratic Party should tone it down on abortion to win back Catholic voters. So, being the Times, and obviously committed to diversity… Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:24:45 EDT Patricia Miller fbf674b8-db2b-444f-8759-533b27d42f4b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/09/can-spiritual-left-make-change-they-wish-see We all know about the grassroots activism of the “religious right” and the role they play in US political life. The promise of a surging “religious left” has recently generated attention, with others arguing that it’s a long anticipated political… Sun, 09 Apr 2017 10:55:43 EDT Arielle Levites 20168c2b-6eeb-4ff5-b668-287e6591cf08 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/28/how-much-more-nuanced-can-democrats-get-abortion-rights As Patti Miller noted here on RD, Thomas Groome’s Times op-ed urging Democrats to soften their stance on abortion rights is, at best, questionable. It’s also important to point out that Groome paints a cartoonish picture of Hillary Clinton and… Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:07:25 EDT Myriam Renaud c0024af9-7635-4cc3-8917-b68ac3a9cfaa https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/28/old-white-dudes-tell-democrats-forget-about-abortion Writing in the New York Times, Thomas Groome, a professor of theology at Boston College, has a super original, never-before articulated idea about how the Democrats can “reclaim their Catholic base.” The Democrats need to “stop being the party of… Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:28:19 EDT Patricia Miller 8a6290ab-7814-408b-a079-07c11c14648b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/22/tyranny-politeness Despots require and usually get an excess of politeness. But in the face of gross evil and injustice too much politeness is servile, ignoble, and base. Sun, 22 Jan 2017 06:41:18 EST Daniel C. Maguire 7c76f071-a2c4-4af5-ab62-b2cfb02440ca https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/05/why-being-faith-friendly-isnt-worth-it-democrats Religion and the social issues it stands in for are about the last things anybody votes on. People vote their race, then their pocketbook, then their need for national security. Thu, 05 Jan 2017 04:51:26 EST Daniel Schultz 0576bde9-b137-401c-a0c1-ce8bfea05f28 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/24/anxiety-white-christian-america-poll There’s lots of good stuff in the new PRRI/Brookings poll on immigration and cultural change released yesterday, including, oddly, a long section on voters’ views on terrorism, crime, and unemployment. But on a day when the Supreme Court deadlocked, handing… Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:42:50 EDT Daniel Schultz 63cc3ae1-28f2-4e90-a43b-686f125d0aaf https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/23/how-and-why-determined-sit-worked For technical reasons (damn you, Adobe Flash!) I was limited to monitoring the progress of the Congressional Democrats’ sit-in last night mostly by Twitter. Still, what I saw was fascinating, and frankly, inspiring. It’s hard not to admire a 76-year-old… Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:51:12 EDT Daniel Schultz 3e9a4f49-173d-4f2e-b547-8c1f80ec5aa9 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/17/can-religious-left-be-effective-again-short-answer-no There is one enormous meta-issue where the religious left could play a very meaningful part in a broader coalition… Tue, 17 May 2016 03:54:48 EDT Daniel Schultz cc33ea58-e142-4a52-a091-899386f1814f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/28/it-depends-what-you-mean-religious-latest-poll-says-more-about-us-candidates A new poll from the Pew Research Center tells us, predictably enough, that Americans generally like their presidents to be “religious,” and that about half (more Republicans than Democrats) want someone who shares their religious beliefs. Indeed, people who rated… Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:04:17 EST Nancy T. Ammerman b854af6a-0022-49cd-9a98-03bb92b38eab https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/24/using-science-diss-religion Makes good headlines, but shouldn’t it be sound? Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:28:05 EDT Evan Derkacz c7dbfc1b-09c6-4a07-8a8a-0867ef952e52 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/01/new-book-god-favors-supply-side-economics As budget cuts are hotly debated in the House, Godonomics comes along to tell us “what the Almighty says about the almighty dollar.” Finally. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:11:38 EDT Gordon Haber fea2993c-8e7a-4ca2-8a92-02c1bd9dd666 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/09/05/manufactured-outrage-over-godless-democratic-platform-update Praise for role of faith not enough for word-counters. Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:21:27 EDT Peter Montgomery 36a76bfc-8cf8-4020-9c6d-01a78d01bdbc https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/29/nine-reasons-why-democrats-shouldnt-invite-nuns-bus-convention And it’s not just because parking will be tough. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:06:52 EDT Sarah Posner 75f3aa67-35f0-4870-b247-d56f1c670ca6 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/reagan-era-still-going The Reagan era was supposed to have ended in November 2008—killed off by 30 years of flat wages and capitulation to Wall Street leading to a colossal financial crash. But today the Reagan era is enduring in stranger forms than ever. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:14:52 EDT Gary Dorrien 1cb133a9-5061-4095-acf7-41ab7340eba1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/why-peter-beinart-wrong-democrats-and-anti-mormonism More anti-Mormon than Republicans? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:47:51 EDT Joanna Brooks cc54cc19-c51a-490f-b681-4056ba212f72 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/7-religion-stories-watch-2012-battleground-states It may all come down to who actually makes it to the voting booth. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:33:12 EDT Joanna Brooks 543fbf3b-d869-4395-bc24-0ef2c5693480