This article focuses on Sanders being the first Jew as a president. The article goes on to talk about how he isn't very religious and isn't actively involved in any organization. Sanders goes on to say that he is religious and it is a driving factor in his life. He describes spirituality as "that we are all in this together and that when children go hungry, when veterans sleep out on the street, it impacts me." The article talks about how the views of Jews (and religion as a whole) have evolved and is no longer a strong driving force of an election. Greg Smith states that "What we see is that the vast majority of the American public, 80%, say (a candidate being Jewish) would not make a difference in their vote, one way or the other."
I think the person who wrote this article is very wrong, I think that religion is a very strong force in the nomination of a president. If someone that was Muslim ran for president this year, I do believe that he or she would not make it very far in the race. I think religion does play a strong part but our focus has simply shifted toward a different one.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/bernie-sanders-jewish-new-hampshire-primary/index.html
I definitely think you're right about a Muslim not being able to get elected right now. I think voters probably don't care as long as the candidate is a "safe" religion. It looks like some denominations of Christianity and Judaism are the only electable religions right now.
ReplyDeleteMany people are just afraid because many presidents will act on their religious belief which may hurt a certain group of people, everyone runs on fear these days. (Alejandra Hernandez 6th period)
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