Elections, Religious Groups, and Reform

The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) has swung behind Obama. Here is an independent expenditure ad by its PAC:



Same ad in Spanish:




PowerPAC is not a PAC but a 501(c)(4). It has run pro-Obama ads with a religious theme:



Some background on the religion, politics, and the IRS.

Kennedy speech to Greater Houston Ministerial Association:



Obama speech to the United Church of Christ:




In the current decade, as the reading explains, we have seen a clash of Catholic Answers Action and the Catholic Action Network for Social Justice.

See here and here (go to p. 37) for data on religion and electoral preference.