Poll Tracker

A Pew Research Center survey conducted July 31-Aug. 10 about religion and politics says that while John McCain enjoys far stronger backing among white evangelicals than Barack Obama , his support among them is much softer than it was for George Bush in his two election runs. White evangelicals favor McCain over Obama 68 percent to 24 percent, with 28 percent favoring him strongly and 40 percent not strongly. In August 2004, 57 percent of theis group favored Bush strongly, although in his first run in 2000, that number was only 34 percent.