Showing posts with label Presidential campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presidential campaign. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Review of Religious Beliefs of the 12 Remaining Presidential Candidates

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Religion Unplugged reviews information on the religious affiliation of 12 candidates still in the Presidential primaries for 2024. It also ...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Some Early Press Reactions To Trump's Surprise Victory

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For Religion Clause readers, here are some early press reactions to Donald Trump's unexpected win in yesterday's presidential electi...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Watching Tomorrow's Presidential Election Results Through Denominational Lenses

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For election watchers who are also concerned about religious issues, the results of tomorrow's Presidential contest will provide interes...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Sioux-- and Green Party Candidate-- Protest North Dakota Pipeline Across Sacred Land

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The Washington Post this week reported on the showdown between members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the company building the Dakota...
Tuesday, September 06, 2016

NYT: Peale Had Religious Influence on Trump

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The New York Times yesterday reports on the influence of New York City's Marble Collegiate Church and its former leader, Dr. Norman Vin...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Libertarian Candidate On Religious Liberty

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The Washington Examiner yesterday posted an interview with Libertarian Party candidate for President (and former New Mexico governor), Gary...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

2016 Republican Platform on Religious Liberty

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Yesterday the Republican Party at its national convention adopted its 2016 Platform ( full text ).  This is the first in a series of posts t...

Religious Speakers At Republican Convention

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Politico sets out the full schedule of speakers and events at the Republican Convention that began yesterday.  Here is the list of religious...
Monday, July 18, 2016

New Pew Survey On Religion and the 2016 Campaign

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Last week, the Pew Research Center released a 35-page Report ( summary ) ( full text ) setting out the results of a new survey on Religion a...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders Speaks To Vatican Conference

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On Friday, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders delivered an address in the Vatican to a conference of the Pontifical Academy of S...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

Religious Accommodations for Saturday Presidential Caucuses Surveyed

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The Campaign Legal Center last week published an interesting survey of the extent to which states that hold Saturday caucuses in Presidenti...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Religious Beliefs of Presidential Candidates Continue To Be Focus of Interest

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International Business Times yesterday reviewed the religious faiths of each of the remaining candidates in the Republican and Democratic r...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Nevada Democratic Caucuses Pose Problems For Sabbath Observers

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After this week's New Hampshire primaries, the presidential candidates move to Nevada and South Carolina.  As reported last week by the ...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Trump Speaks At Liberty University With Outreach To Evangelicals

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Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump spoke at Liberty University yesterday, in a talk geared toward his evangelical Christian audien...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

African American Clergy Squabble Publicly Over Planned Endorsements of Donald Trump

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As reported by Clutch , the Donald Trump campaign has been widely advertising a meeting on Monday between Trump and a group of well-known Bl...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Candidate Ted Cruz Is Organizing A National Prayer Team To Support His Bid

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Yesterday Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz announced that on Dec. 1 he will launch a national prayer team known as "A Tim...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Kasich Would Create Agency To Promote Judeo-Christian Values To Counter ISIS

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In a speech at the National Press Club yesterday, Ohio Governor John Kasich, a contender for the Republican presidential nomination, told hi...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Says Islam Is Not Consistent With U.S. Constitution

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In an interview today on Meet the Press ( video excerpt ), Dr. Ben Carson-- currently one of the leading contenders ( latest CNN poll ) for ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Pope's Encyclical On Environmental Protection Issued; Republican Presidential Candidates May Be Pressed

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The Vatican this morning released Pope Francis' much anticipated Encyclical Laudato Si: On Care For Our Common Home , as well as a Press...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz Announces Candidacy With Focus On Agenda of Religious Conservatives

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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz yesterday became the first to officially announce his candidacy for President of the United States in 2016...