Looking for an Undecided Voter? Check the Pulpit

While only four percent of all likely voters remain undecided, 22 percent of Protestant pastors have not yet chosen a candidate, reports Daniel Burke at Religion News Service. Burke considers the various explanations for this large percentage. Kenneth Swetland, a senior professor of ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachussets, stated, “Pastors are very sensitive to criticism, If I had a hunch, it would be that they are not undecided. They just aren’t declaring who they are going to vote for.”

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