Will Kamala Harris Drive Religious Voters Away From Joe Biden?

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I doubt it. Most of the people I know, especially Catholics, strongly religious at that, support Biden because they have managed to be convinced “Even Pope FRANCIS said so” that abortion is just ‘one of several’ issues, and that Biden and the Democrats support so many OTHER wonderful Catholic issues like social justice and equal rights and help for the poor, and that abortion is ‘already going down and has been for years anyway’. They are convinced that Trump is a thug, a bigot, and a lying hypocrite, and has ‘done far more damage with his attacks on blacks, Latinos, migrants, the poor” etc. To these people, Harris is another example of the wonderful saintly Democrats and their support of anti racism, anti sexism, etc. Remember a lot of these people are Mario Cuomo Catholics, they proudly support that they would never personally have an abortion, but would not ‘force their beliefs’ on other people.

The Democrats have, in the eyes of many, cemented their perception of the tolerant, diversity-loving, ‘care for the people’ persona with both the former Vice President under an earlier success “Our first Black president” and now a woman of color as vice presidential candidates.

Unlike Hillary, who ruined herself with her entitlement rhetoric, Ms. Harris is able to come across not as ‘getting what I’m entitled to as a woman, you OWE me”, but as a trailblazing pioneer, building on months of waves of ‘addressing racism and sexism’ to present herself as a humble, “yes, when I was young I was told to reach for the stars; I stand here and hope and trust that I will be the FIRST woman to achieve this office and thus light the way for young women of color everywhere”.

Remains to be seen if the strategy works.
 
I think pro-life voters long ago have been driven away from the democrat party.
 
stpurl said:
abortion is just ‘one of several’ issues, and that Biden and the Democrats support
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yes, and some of the other issues are the entire LGBT agenda, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, transgenderism, identity politics, the destruction of the family, contraception, socialism, breaking the seal of the confession, forced abortions in catholic hospitals, liberal judges who will uphold these policies, etc

all policies against church teaching,
stpurl said:
like social justice and equal rights and help for the poor,
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how are these policies working for the people in the big cities run by democrats? their lot has only gotten worse under the dems.
stpurl said:
, Ms. Harris is able to come across not as ‘getting what I’m entitled to as a woman, you OWE me”, but as a trailblazing pioneer, building on months of waves of ‘addressing racism and sexism’ to present herself as a humble, “yes, when I was young I was told to reach for the stars; I stand here and hope and trust that I will be the FIRST woman to achieve this office and thus light the way for young women of color everywhere”.
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we all know how she got her start, but when you need spin, I guess this is as good as it can get.
 
Kamala is a Baptist. And surely nobody expected Biden to choose a Pro Life Vice President. Biden’s Catholic Values don’t exactly sparkle, so I don’t see him as having many Religious Voters to drive away. There’s so much going on right now, our familiar battleground isn’t even on the table.
When Kamala Harris accepted the nomination, one of the things she said was, ( approximate quote )
" Because of Trump’s mishandling of the Corona Virus, one American dies every 80 seconds …"
With zingers like that to deliver, we have a totally different political landscape than usual.
We are talking about literal survival of our families, not religion.
 
“We all know how she got her start”… I hope you are not referring to her love life prior to marriage. That’s pretty mean. And sexist, because you wouldn’t likely say a man got his career started by who he slept with.
 
Theo520 said:
She’s also more likely to push away black voters, not pull them in.
She was a really bad pick for VP
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‘The National Pulse’? How credible is that? It cites Rasmussen which is the least accurate of major polls. I think some choose to believe what they want to exist.

I, for one, do not believe that the selection of Ms. Harris will be viewed unfavorably by black voters.
 
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Nepperhan said:
I, for one, do not believe that the selection of Ms. Harris will be viewed unfavorably by black voters.
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If she had done well during the Primaries, I wouldn’t have posted the article. But it aligns with her proven ‘lack of appeal’ as measured by all the polling companies, during her short primary run.

I do agree the source (National Pulse) is not ‘authoritative’, it’s more of a conservative blog than a news source. But even a blog can cite evidence and make sound arguments. Time will tell on this one.
 
I think Kamala Harris will drive religious voters away from the Democratic ticket - specifically those whose religion is lower taxes, deregulation, dismantling of environmental protections, weakening of unions, tougher requirements for voting, less funding for schools, anti-immigration, demonizing of the mainstream media, and the promotion of guns.
 
Theo520 said:
If she had done well during the Primaries, I wouldn’t have posted the article. But it aligns with her proven ‘lack of appeal’ as measured by all the polling companies, during her short primary run.
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This morning the CBS pollster said that 90% of black voters approved of Biden’s selection of a running mate.
 
upant said:
yes, and some of the other issues are the entire LGBT agenda, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, transgenderism, identity politics, the destruction of the family, contraception, socialism, breaking the seal of the confession, forced abortions in catholic hospitals, liberal judges who will uphold these policies, etc
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She will attract religious voters whose religion includes those things, which are antithetical to Catholic values.

I’m trying to imagine Jack Kennedy running in favor of abortion, LGBT agenda, contraception, identity politics, socialism, and breaking down the natural family. Would he have gotten the Catholic vote? But that was before the Democratic Party went off the deep end of advocating for things repugnant to Catholic teaching. Catholics now don’t seem to care.
 
JimG said:
But that was before the Democratic Party went off the deep end
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You mean when the Evangelicals switched their support from Carter to Reagan, despite the latter’s signing a pro-abortion law while he was governor of California.
 
Reagan changed his mind and his policy on abortion, and adopted a pro-life policy, thereby picking up the pro-life vote. I would be glad if other politicians followed his example. Most of Carter’s jucicial appointments were liberal on abortion.
 
JimG said:
I would be glad if other politicians followed his example.
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Romney and Trump made the same change and therefore won the endorsement of the Evangelicals. I believe both Bushes were always prolife, even if their wives weren’t. Perhaps the most prolife candidate Ron Paul was supported only in the primaries, never as the nominee of the Libertarian Party.
 
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