Article: 'Moral values' theory way oversold Close look just doesn't justify the instantaneous post-election conclusions

Transcript: Analysis: Ongoing debate about the importance of the ...
NPR Special;  November 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... wonder to what extent moral values really did swing ... pundits endlessly cite moral values and moral issues during a discussion ... the expression `moral issues.' Who person cannot ... week, the phrase `moral values myth' appeared ...

Article: The Big Issues; For Democrats, Surprising Edge On Moral ...
The Washington Post;  September 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... nation's moral values, how high a priority moral issues will hold ... voters, moral issues will be the ... nation's moral values, 43 percent ... She rates moral values as a crucial ... important moral issues in this election ...

Article: Moral values and social justice.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times;  November 12, 2004 ;     420 words ... ... polls on Nov. 2. Moral-values voters consider same ... and public housing as moral values. Liberals willfully ... their feet based on moral issues as defined in the Bible. Mr. Page believes moral values voters need to have ...

Article: Election Day illusion: the religious right's 'moral ...
Church & State;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... greatly exaggerated. "Moral values" is a very vague term ... media assumed that by "moral values" voters must have ... Zogby International on moral issues. The poll's findings ... They prove that "moral values" is so vague a term ...

Article: Moral issues mobilize Bush support: with ...
The New American;  November 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... America was not divided on moral issues such as same-sex "marriage ... unrestricted abortion for minors. "Moral values" was cited as the most important ... percent of voters who cited moral values as the most important issue ... Rove openly played up the moral values issue, ...

Article: Americans show less interest in 'moral values' ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... proportion responding with "moral values" fell by more than ... drop in concern over moral values was particularly sharp ... Republican for years. Moral issues, said Andrew Kohut ... Sotomayor. Conservative moral values voters have become ...

Article: `Moral values' were a priority for voters; Bush and ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... like strong leadership and, perhaps most of all, his stand on moral issues. More than any other concern - not job creation, not Iraq - voters in exit polls declared "moral values" their top priority, and 80 percent of them backed the president ...