This is NOT a Scientific Poll

The results are in. Last week I started a poll on NazNet.com regarding the Presidential race, and the top 9 contenders who were in the race at that time. Fred Thompson was included in the poll, although he announced his dropping out of the race shortly after I established the poll.

Know that I am making the assumption that the vast majority of people who participated in that poll are affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, or, if not specifically Nazarene, the vast majority are Christians.

The entire poll results can be seen at the following URL or link: http://www.naznet.com/community/showthread.php?t=17612

My main interest, however, is in the top 2 vote-getters.

Mike Huckabee came in first with 31.11% of the vote. Second, with 26.67% of the vote was Barack Obama.

Only 1 other person finished with 10% or more of the vote, and that was John McCain, at 17.78%.

But just look at those numbers. What a diversity of values are represented by those candidates!

Generally speaking, at least when dealing with the political definitions, Huckabee and McCain are for the most part "conservatives," running for the Republican nomination. Traditionally (at least for the past several decades), the Republican party has held "conservative" values such as being "pro-life" on the abortion issue, pro-traditional marriage, pro-right-to-bear-arms, and in gereral in favor of lower taxes, including lower taxes on the "rich." Currently, the Republicans generally want to stay the course in Iraq and in the war against terrorism, and want to secure the U.S. boarders to stop illegal immigration, and don't want to "reward" people who are currently in the U.S. illegally with U.S. taxpayer-paid benefits, and don't want those here illegally to get any special benefits towards becoming legal aliens or U.S. citizens, especially if it will put them in front of people waiting for those things who have gone through proper channels.

Generally speaking, at least when dealing with the political definitions, Obama is the most part "liberal," running for the Democrat nomination. Traditionally (at least for the past several decades), the Democrat party has held "liberal" values such as being "pro-choice" on the abortion issue, pro-homosexual rights, pro-gun control, and in gereral in favor of higher taxes on the "rich." Currently, the Democrats generally want to get the U.S. out of Iraq and are less willing to look at the situation in Iraq than are the Republicans as part of the bigger overall war against terrorism. Democrats (at least moreso than Republicans) generally want to provide U.S. taxpayer-paid benefits, to anyone who demonstrates need, regardless of their immigration or citizenship status.

There are other differences between the two parties, but those are enough to mention for now.

The main point is that the two main vote-getters represent two almost totally different perspectives in government. And it is very likely that nearly all of the people who responded to the poll are self-identified Christians.

So my question is this:

Does the high percentage of votes for Obama in this poll signify a general change in the political bent of Christians since the 1980's?