9,000 Faithful America Members Ask Pollsters to Fix Exit Polls

Letter asks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and the AP to stop stereotyping people of faith by asking all voters -- Republicans and Democrats -- the same religion questions on the exit poll surveys

Thursday, February 28, 2008

This afternoon, FaithfulAmerica.org, now operated by Faith in Public Life, sent a letter individually signed by 9,000 people of faith to the polling directors at the media organizations that sponsor the presidential primary exit polls. The letter asks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and the AP to stop stereotyping people of faith by asking all voters -- Republicans and Democrats -- the same religion questions on the exit poll surveys. We expressed particular concern that Republican voters in every state have been asked if they are evangelical, while Democrats have not been asked if they are evangelical in a single state. Signatures are still streaming in at FaithfulAmerica.org.

Here’s a link to the letter sent to the polling directors, signed by 9,000 Faithful America members:
http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/upload/2008/02/Pollster%20Petition.pdf

Faith in Public Life’s poll in Tennessee and Missouri, released earlier this month, demonstrated the political diversity of evangelical Christian primary voters. Millions more voters head to the polls this Tuesday. It’s time for the exit pollsters to finally ask all voters the “evangelical question.”

CONTACT: Katie Barge, FaithfulAmerica.org, Faith in Public Life, 202-243-8289