God and race divide parties in South
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Barack Obama has to win over both black and white Democrat voters to see off Hillary Clinton
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Sen. Barack Obama told a church convention Saturday that some right-wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help pick the party's 2008 presidential nominee.
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When Steve Cohen, a white man, was elected last year to represent mostly black Memphis in Congress, it was seen as a sign that racial divisions were fading in this Southern city.
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The party that lost on Nov. 2 wrestles with how to add nuance on a key cultural divide in America.
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The three leading Democratic contenders for the White House tried to woo the "Religious Left" on Monday, fielding questions about their belief in a televised panel that highlighted the importance of religion to politics in America.
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US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took to separate church pulpits here Sunday, using a civil rights commemoration to battle for support among the country's crucial black electorate.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The early Republican presidential race is a tale of voters' divisions over religion, with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee riding support from evangelical Christians to a dominant Iowa lead, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney well ahead in more secular New Hampshire.
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The Congress which convenes next year will reflect the dominant tone of American politics: culturally conservative Republicanism. Republican Senate candidates swept the south, hastening the death of the region&#39;s Democratic tradition.
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A new book shows why religion has cost the Democrats elections -- and how they've learned from their mistakes
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The candidate's failure to draw much support from the ethnic community has sparked an ugly debate over whether his race is the reason
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(CBS/AP) The Democratic Party&#39;s sharp defeat in the 2004 election has already produced a round of soul searching. The GOP recaptured the White House and strengthened its hold on Congress with powerful support from churchgoers.
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In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
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With a religiously mixed population, aid efforts have meant reaching out across faith barriers.
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In a Jan. 30 story about the Democratic presidential campaign, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Hillary Rodham Clinton was to speak at the Southern Baptist Convention. She spoke to the National Baptist Convention, a joint meeting in Atlanta of four historically black Baptist denominations.
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The Republican race heads south as a complete scramble.
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The pain of economic losses has not been shared equally, helping to divide the state along racial lines.