What About The 'Faith' Vote In America?

With 83 days to go now until election day, there is actually a divide for the 'faith vote', with two different groups making their call to Christian voters.

The mostly widely known is 'My Faith Votes', which right now features former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as it's Honorary Chairman.

"At My Faith Votes we exist to help Christians think about politics through a biblical lens" said CEO Jason Yates, "To encourage them to pray for our nation and about the issues, and to act and put faith into action, rejecting apathy and refusing to stay on the sidelines. To ensure that Christian values are represented in Washington, and in our state houses, court houses, the classrooms, and the ballot box."

But there is another faith based group, 'Vote Common Good' that sees things differently.

"We help faith voters, especially evangelical and Catholic voters who feel that they can't really keep moving with the Republican Party any longer" said executive director, Doug Pagitt, "To know what to do when it comes to their vote on election."

When asked about the 'lesser of two evils' argument for people of faith, Pagitt said "no voter I have ever known has felt like they're in 100% agreement with any candidate".

Vote Common Good also opposes 'Christian Nationalism', which has become a strong attack point for liberals and the left.

"Christian Nationalism is the belief that the United States of America should have it's laws give preferential treatment to Christianity" noted Pagitt.

My Faith Votes doesn't focus on a Christian theocracy, instead encouraging and equipping people of faith to vote. Especially this time.

"1 in 3 Christians doesn't vote consistently" noted Jason Yates, "That's a tragedy of our faith, that we don't understand it to be involved and be engaged. My Faith Votes is equipping and motivating Christians to be involved in the process."

There are 90 million Christians in America, and 25 million of them fail to vote for president. Also, a PEW Research survey found that 8 out of 10 Americans say religion is losing it's influence in public life.