2008 Election Results

2004 Election Results

2004 General Election Demographics
Population of the United States		282,000,000
Eligible to Vote		203,000,000
Registered to Vote	82%	167,000,000
Eligible but not Registered	18%	36,000,000
2004 General Election Turnout	73% of Registered	122,000,000
	60% of Eligible
Kerry Total		59,000,000
Bush Total		62,000,000
Voter Turnout Breakdown As % of Total Turnout
White Evangelical Protestant	26%	31,720,000
White Mainline Protestant	19%	23,180,000
Roman Catholic	19%	23,180,000
Black Protestant	8%	9,760,000
Hispanic Protestant & Catholic	5%	6,100,000
Jewish	3%	3,660,000
Morman	2%	2,440,000
Other Christian	4%	4,880,000
Secular	12%	14,640,000
Other Non-Christian	2%	2,440,000
Total	100%	122,000,000
How Religious Groups Voted in the 2004 Presidential Election*
	Bush	Kerry
White Evangelical Protestants	78%	22%
More Observant**	88%	12%
Less Observant***
White Mainline Protestants	50%	50%
More Observant
Less Observant
Black Protestants	17%	83%
Hispanic Protestants	63%	27%
Roman Catholics	53%	47%
More Observant
Less Observant
Hispanic Catholics	31%	69%
Mormons	89%	11%
Other Christians	71%	29%
Jews	27%	73%
Other Non-Christians	23%	77%
Seculars Fourth National Survey of Religion and Politics, Post-election sample (N=2730, November-December 2004, University of Akron, Dr. John Green),  www.uselectionatlas.org, Every Eligible Voter Counts: Correctly Measuring American Turnout Rates (http://elections.gmu.edu/voter_turnout.htm)	30%	70%

2000 Election Results

2000 General Election Demographics Population of the United States 281,421,000 Eligible to Vote 72% 202,263,000 Registered to Vote 78% of Eligibles 158,000,000 Eligible but not Registered 22% of Eligibles   44,000,000 2000 General Election Turnout 67% of Registered 52% of Eligibles 105,365,000 - Gore Total   50,994,081 - Bush Total   50,461,080 Voter Turnout Breakdown As % of Total Turnout White Evangelical Protestant 26% 27,395,000 White Mainline Protestant 17% 17,912,000 Roman Catholic 19% 20,019,000 Black Protestant 10% 10,536,000 Hispanic Protestant & Catholic   5%   5,268,000 Jewish   3%   3,161,000 Mormon   2%   2,107,000 Other Christian   2%   2,107,000 Secular 15% 15,805,000 Other Non-Christian   1%   1,054,000         TOTAL: 105,364,000 Information Compiled By Restore America from 2000 Census, National Archives and Records, www.originalsources.com, Oregon Elections Division, & Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron How Religious Groups Voted in the 2000 Presidential Election* Bush Gore White Evangelical Protestants More Observant ** 84% 16% Less Observant *** 55% 45% White Mainline Protestants More Observant 66% 34% Less Observant 57% 43% Black Protestants 4% 96% Hispanic Protestants 33% 67% Roman Catholics More Observant 57% 43% Less Observant 41% 59% Hispanic Catholics 24% 76% Mormons 88% 12% Other Christians 28% 72% Jews 23% 77% Other Non-Christians 20% 80% Seculars 35% 65% ALL VOTERS 49.8% 50.2% *Two-party presidential vote; minor-parties excluded **Once a week or more worship attenders ***Less than once a week worship attenders  Source:  The Third National Survey of Religion and Politics, conducted by the University of Akron Survey Research Center (Total Weighted N=2,363) Oregon Demographics Voter Breakdown Oregon General Election, November 7, 2000 Population of Oregon 3,422,000 Eligible to Vote 72.5% 2,481,000 Registered to Vote 78.7% of Eligibles 1,953,373 2000 General Election Turnout 80% of Registered 63% of Eligibles 1,558,888 Eligible but not Registered 21.3% of Eligibles   528,000 Registered but did not Vote 16% of Eligibles   394,485 Total Eligible or Registered /Not Voting 37% of Eligibles   922,485 Gore Total 46.2% of Turn Out 36.9% of Registered 29.0% of Eligibles   720,342 Bush Total 45.8% of Turn Out 36.5% of Registered 28.7% of Eligibles   713,577 "Under Vote" Voted for other candidates or no Presidential candidate   124,969 How Oregon Religious Groups Voted As % of Total Turnout White Evangelical Protestants 24%    374,000 White Mainline Protestants 16%    250,000 Roman Catholic 10%    155,000 Black Protestant  1.6%      25,000 Hispanic Protestant & Catholic  8%    124,000 Jewish  1%      16,000 Mormon  4%      62,000 Other Christian  2%      31,000 Secular 32.4%    505,000 Other Non-Christian  1%      16,000 TOTAL  1,558,000 Information Compiled By Restore America from 2000 Census, National Archives and Records, www.originalsources.com, Oregon Elections Division, & Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron