{"id":26122,"date":"2007-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/09\/17\/case-the-candidates-for-08\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:51:41","slug":"case-the-candidates-for-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/09\/17\/case-the-candidates-for-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Case the Candidates for \u201908"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- START BIG TABLE OF CANDIDATES --><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- Democrats --><\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;democrats&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"democrats\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: #036; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">Democrats<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=9\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/9-front.jpg\" alt=\"Biden\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/2-front.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hillary Clinton<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=12\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/12-front.jpg\" alt=\"Dodd\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Christopher Dodd<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/6-front.jpg\" alt=\"Edwards\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>John Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=17\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/17-front.jpg\" alt=\"Gravel\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mike Gravel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=14\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/14-front.jpg\" alt=\"Kucinich\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dennis Kucinich<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/4-front.jpg\" alt=\"Obama\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Barack Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=8\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/8-front.jpg\" alt=\"Richardson\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bill Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;p &gt;From Biden and Brownback to Tancredo and Thompson, the candidate profile data base on the Pew Forum&#8217;s &#8220;Religion and Politics &#8217;08&#8221; web page now provides complete coverage of all 17 presidential contenders still in the 2008 race.&lt;p &gt;For each of the nine Republican and eight Democratic candidates, the Forum&#8217;s site provides the following:&lt;ul &gt;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Background facts<\/strong> on the would-be White House occupant&#8217;s personal background and professional and political experience;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religious biography<\/strong> describing such factors as childhood religious training, marriages, divorces, more recent and current denominational affiliations, frequency of attendance at services and faith-based professional and volunteer activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Positions on Issues<\/strong> including those of special concern to various religious groups (abortion, separation of church and state, the death penalty, faith-based initiatives, gay marriage and stem cell research) as well as positions on education, the environment, health care, immigration, poverty and the Iraq War.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Opinion Polls<\/strong> conducted by Pew that included questions involving the candidate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;p &gt;To access information for a particular candidate, click on his or her photograph on this page or go to the Pew Forum&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/\">Religion &amp; Politics &#8217;08 homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- Republicans --><\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;republicans&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"republicans\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: #900; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;\">Republicans<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/7-front.jpg\" alt=\"Brownback\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sam Brownback<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=5\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/5-front.jpg\" alt=\"Giuliani\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rudolph Giuliani<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=10\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/10-front.jpg\" alt=\"Huckabee\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mike Huckabee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=13\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/13-front.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Duncan Hunter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/3-front.jpg\" alt=\"McCain\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>John McCain<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=15\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/15-front.jpg\" alt=\"Paul\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ron Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"small\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px; background-color: #fff;\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/profile.php?CandidateID=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #666; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/religion08\/images\/1-front.jpg\" alt=\"Romney\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>W. 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