Evangelical votes important to everyone

Date: January 15, 2012

By Deborah Charles

Topic: Churchgoers little influenced by Santorum endorsement

Santorum has gotten an endorsement from conservative Christian leaders just in time for the South Carolina primary. Although he has gotten this endorsement, it does not seem to have an effect on the Christians and evangelicals in the state. Santorum, who is a Catholic, was very close to a tie with Romney in South Carolina because of his beliefs and how they correlated with the people of Iowa. This wasn’t the case in New Hampshire where not as many people are religiously aligned. The problem is that all of the Republican candidates are counting the evangelical vote, but the evangelicals vote for the person who best shows what can be done with the policies that the candidate has suggested to cater to their desires. Romney, although he is competing for the evangelical vote, is also attracting the business wing of the party for support as well. Santorum is not attacking Romney at the moment, but Romney’s supporters are attacking Santorum. This is “ the make it or break it” primary and many candidates are going to reevaluate their campaign if they are not in the top of the South Carolina primary. Money is drying up in the candidates and soon only the candidates who have the support and financial stability will be the only ones left..

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/15/us-usa-campaign-idUSTRE80E0OO20120115