Support or disapprove: arguments and evaluation

Bumper Sticker

the day after the national elections -- I saw a bumper sticker, next to a Kerry/Edwards one, that said, "The 'Moral Majority' is neither." This bumper sticker says that those who call themselves the "moral majority" are neither moral nor in the majority. According to the new media reports since Bush won re-election, this bumper sticker may be wrong on both counts.

The easiest issue to address is whether those who call themselves the "Moral Majority" are actually in the majority. According to those who have analyzed the election, one reason the Democrats lost the bid for the Presidency is that they under-estimated the importance of one issue: morals. According to the pollsters, even though overall half, or nearly half, of the country were dissatisfied with George W. Bush in major ways, in the end they voted based on moral issues. People who were adamantly opposed to gay marriage, abortion, and/or stem cell research voted for Bush even if they had some concerns about other aspects of Bush's Presidency, because the moral issues were that important to them. Since Bush got the majority of votes, it does suggest that this group is the majority at least of those who care enough about their country to vote.