I’ve sometimes wondered why Democrats are so intent on destroying marriage even though it loses every time it’s up for a vote.
The Home Front reports on a poll:
Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August. On the other hand, nonmarried voters break strongly for the president over Romney, 56% to 35%. Marriage is a significant predictor of presidential vote choice even after income, age, race, gender, education, religiosity, region, and having minor children are statistically controlled for.
Kind of explains things a bit, eh?
September 19, 2012 at 5:03 am
I was curious why this is the case. I looked through the articles and found this paragraph:
"Americans who describe themselves as "highly religious," as well as non-Hispanic white Americans, those with at least one minor child in the house, individuals aged 30 or older, and those earning at least $5,000 per month are significantly more likely to be married than others surveyed in the June-August sample…
Thus, it is clear that to some extent marriage by itself is not a direct predictor of Republican presidential candidate support, but instead, it is associated with other characteristics that more directly influence voting behavior."
Basically, it's not marriage itself that is the determining factor, but the characteristics of those who choose to get married. Those who are already vote Republican are more likely to get married. So "destroying" marriage probably won't get Obama more votes. But destroying religious liberty and personal wealth seems to do the trick.