American News Project / By Tala Dowlatshahi
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Will Evangelicals Ditch the GOP over the Environment This Election?

Video: Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals estimates that perhaps 40% of evangelicals will be "up for grabs" in November.
June 11, 2008  |  
 
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How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? As the country enters the next phase in this historic election season, concern about the state of God's earth may be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals estimates that perhaps 40% of evangelicals will be "up for grabs" in November.

Tala Dowlatshahi is a producer for The American News Project. She has worked for Amnesty International in London and various UN agencies in New York and Geneva.
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Video: Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals estimates that perhaps 40% of evangelicals will be "up for grabs" in November.

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