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Religion as a Political Weapon and Voter Voices Pt. 2
November 01, 2012
Summary: Faith as a campaign strategy, and an African-American Mormon and Muslim woman reflect on their vote for president.
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Faith: The Campaign Strategy November 01, 2012
Presidential candidates have long done whatever it takes to get elected – and in recent years that’s meant peppering speeches with Bible passages and prayers. A communications professor and religion pollster share what religious rhetoric works, and what doesn't.

David Domke
, professor of communications at the University of Washington, Seattle and co-author of The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America
Robert Jones, founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute
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Voter Voices: Marvin Perkins and Munia Jabbar November 01, 2012
In the last part of our series, two people of faith explain why they're still undecided about how to cast their votes for President.

Marvin Perkins, an African-American Mormon voter from Los Angeles
Munia Jabbar, a Muslim voter from Washington D.C.