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Do Democrats Want to Reach Christians?

Quick to Listen

Christianity Today

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.3622 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries. Super Tuesday is upon us. After a primary here and a caucus there, Tuesday is when the greatest number of US states hold primary elections and caucuses. As the Democratic field narrows down, what type of success have candidates had in reaching out to Christians? The AND Campaign’s Justin Giboney and Michael Wear joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and CEO and president Tim Dalrymple to discuss the efforts that the Democratic field has made to reach religious voters, why white evangelicals vote so consistently for Democrats, and if Republicans will ever court black Christians. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Tim Dalrymple Learn more about the AND Campaign Follow Justin Giboney and Michael Wear Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of Quick to Listen is brought to you in part by Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company,

0:04.9

a ministry-focused insurance provider serving Christian churches, schools, and related ministries.

0:10.4

For more information, visit Brotherhood Mutual.com.

0:14.9

Super Tuesday is upon us.

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After a primary here and a caucus there, Tuesday is when the greatest number of U.S.

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states hold primary elections in caucuses. More delegates to the presidential nominating

0:28.1

conventions can be won on Super Tuesday than any other single day. As the Democratic field

0:34.9

narrows down, what type of successes have candidates had in reaching out to Christians?

0:40.5

Obviously, abortion is an enormous concern for many white evangelicals, but are religious liberty concerns at the same level?

0:47.2

And while black Christians may be far more likely to vote Democrat, they do have had frustrations with their community's ability to speak into the party platform.

0:55.3

And we wanted to discuss the efforts that the Democratic field has made to reach religious voters.

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If the white evangelical vote is something that Democrats could ever reach and how our two-party system affects all of this.

1:08.6

Today is March 2nd and you are listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and

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hot takes, this is a major cultural event.

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I'm Morgan Lee, digital media producer here at Christianity today.

1:20.0

And I'm Tim Dowranpole, president and CEO of Christianity today.

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Thank you. All right. Tim, I know that you have been just immersed in election coverage. Just kidding. You have been doing a bunch of different traveling around. But I know you've probably been paying some attention to what's happening in the field. And I would just love to get a gut check from you about

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the ways that you've seen candidates engage faith issues. And if anything's resonated or kind of turned

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you off. Yeah. Well, so as you elude, Morgan, I, I've been literally on the other side of the

1:59.7

planet for the last couple weeks. CT.T. is doing a lot to

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expand its global storytelling infrastructure. And so I was with a director of C.T. Global, Jeremy Weber,

2:09.5

in Indonesia. And we went, actually had an amazing opportunity to go into the interior of Papua

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