2016 elections
A religious calling to protect democracy
By Chris Crawford — August 16, 2023
(RNS) — Most religious doctrines do not require an embrace of democracy. But in today’s world, authoritarians are attempting to do the opposite — to recruit communities of faith to undermine democracy.
Data mining gets religion as campaigns target voters of faith
By Menachem Wecker — October 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) — Powerful data-mining tools allow today's campaigns to connect religious voters with their political viewpoints and to micro-target ads to fit their particular brand of faith.
Mormons, Trump and McMullin: A 2016 postmortem by the numbers
By Jana Riess — July 17, 2017
Mormon Republicans who went for Trump were less religious and more anxious about immigration and racial diversity than those who supported McMullin.
On Nov. 9, we are all Zacchaeus
By Randy Hollerith — November 8, 2016
(RNS) Are we bold enough to climb above the crowd and look beyond the stark rhetoric and unbending ideologies that dominate our political landscape?
The conservative savior many Mormons hope will crush Donald Trump
By Lorena O'Neil — October 18, 2016
(RNS) Mormons have hit on Evan McMullin. And other evangelicals are warming to him, too.
Hillary Clinton wins projected Muslim vote by landslide in CAIR survey
By Kirkland An — October 13, 2016
(RNS) Only 4 percent of the survey's 800 respondents said they would vote for Donald Trump.
What I wrote was completely truthful
By guest — October 13, 2016
(RNS) The details of a continuing pattern of sexual sin and sexual assaults against women went beyond what I knew about Trump's vague boasting about past adultery.
Kelly Ayotte, free condoms — and a budding Catholic question?
By David Gibson — October 5, 2016
(RNS) The Republican senator from New Hampshire is locked in a tough re-election battle. Could her campaign gimmick to distribute free condoms to college students prompt any Catholic backlash?
Trump hits back at pastor who interrupted his pulpit speech
By David Gibson — September 15, 2016
(RNS) The GOP nominee said the Flint pastor was 'a nervous mess' because she had clearly planned to upstage him.
Nine candidates pioneer ‘political humanism’ in Arizona
By Kimberly Winston — August 25, 2016
(RNS) A new, humanist-based communications firm is promoting a slate of nine out-and-proud atheist/humanist candidates in Arizona, more than any other state. Can they win? That's not the point.
Trump is conning believers about his faith, author says
By Kimberly Winston — August 9, 2016
(RNS) A new book details the ways its author finds Donald Trump's statements and actions "antithetical" to Christianity.
Voter registration on faith groups’ to-do lists
By Adelle M. Banks — August 2, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) The 'Together We Vote' campaign is one of the efforts by religious groups to mobilize new voters.
Knights of Columbus head says Catholics cannot vote for abortion advocates
By David Gibson — August 2, 2016
(RNS) Carl Anderson, a former Republican official and head of the influential Catholic society, told some 100 bishops: “It is time to stop creating excuses for voting for pro-abortion politicians.”
The ‘Splainer: Was Charles Koch using the term ‘blood libel’ correctly?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 1, 2016
(RNS) Billionaire Charles Koch said rumors he would support Hillary Clinton for president amounted to “a blood libel,” but do they really? Let us 'Splain.
Islamic State calls slain Muslim American soldier an ‘apostate’
By RNS staff — July 31, 2016
DUBAI — Dabiq, the militant group's online magazine, showed a picture of Army Capt. Humayun Khan's tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery with a caption, "Beware of dying as an apostate."
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