Kerry Courts Black Voters at Church Stops
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MIAMI - With just three Sundays left before Election Day, Sen. John Kerry is asking for all the help he can get from black voters and the Almighty...
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Democrats hope to draw swing voters from ranks of religious 'moderates,' eyeing fault lines within churches.
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For months, Republican presidential candidates such as Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and John McCain have courted evangelical Christians, meeting with religious leaders throughout the Midwest and the South.
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John Kerry managed the best showing in decades for a Democratic presidential candidate among mainline Protestants, but his failure to capture a majority of Roman Catholics &#151; people of his own faith &#151; gave President Bush an important advantage in last November's election, according to a new survey.
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Democrat John Kerry appealed to voters to elect a president - namely, him - who will &quot;trust you with the truth,&quot; and quickened the pace of a campaign now in its final week.
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John Kerry and his allies are intensifying their efforts to reach out to blacks and Hispanics with waves of new advertisements meant to energize two groups that historically side with the Democratic Party.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry addresses a crowd of supporters during a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Monday night, Oct. 25, 2004.
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Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about the presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the  other Democratic candidates for president lobbied for the  African-American vote on Thursday with vows to make sure black  votes are fully counted in the 2008 election.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards assured mostly black churchgoers Sunday that a record turnout would render meaningless a federal court decision that limits where some votes can be cast.
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John Kerry managed the best showing since in decades for a Democratic presidential candidate among mainline Protestants, but his failure to capture a majority of Roman Catholics &#151; people of his own faith &#151; gave President Bush an important advantage in last November's election, according to a new survey.
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Sen. John Edwards asked black voters to help Democrat John Kerry in "this march toward justice and equality" and urged Floridians to vote early as he continued a three-day tour of their state Sunday.
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Black leaders are claiming success in  their efforts to register new voters after the 2000 election  debacle in Florida and are focusing now on getting them to the  polls in next month's presidential election.
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Democrat John Kerry is appealing to voters Tuesday to elect a president - namely, him â-ho will &quot;trust you with the truth,&quot; and quickened the pace of a campaign now in its final week.
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The war in Iraq; jobs and the economy; terrorism. For voters nationwide, those issues seem sure to determine the outcome on Election Day. But in several critical swing states, the conservative push to amend state constitutions and ban gay marriage is giving delegates and party officials a way to lure a group of voters &#151; especially traditional churchgoers &#151; who could tip these states to President Bush.
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Democratic hopeful John Kerry joined singing worshippers at a largely black Baptist church here seeking their support, while his rival, President George W. Bush, prepared at his Texas ranch for their upcoming debate on domestic issues.
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Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., greets the choir after speaking during Sunday Services at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004.