re: #124 Charles

You’re very wrong. Creationism hurts the GOP — big time — among the people they need the most: educated people with independent minds.

It’s even shown in the Gallup poll you link above. Largest demographic drop in GOP votes college graduates. Down 10 percent from an already low number.

From Gallup:

As was shown earlier, the GOP’s loss in leaned support over this time is evident among nearly every subgroup. The losses are substantial among college graduates, which have shown a decline in GOP support of 10 points. (The losses are even greater — 13 points — among the subset of college graduates with postgraduate educations.) This may reflect in part Barack Obama’s strong appeal to educated voters, a major component of his winning coalitions in both the Democratic primaries and the general election.