An e-mail survey of readers by Crosswalk.com, a popular Christian Web site, finds that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has secured the evangelical vote after picking Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, according to Kristie Rutzel, marketing coordinator for Crosswalk.com
In the weeks preceding the VP pick, McCain held 73% of the evangelical vote, Rutzel said. Just one week later, McCain was able to gain 7% of the evangelical vote reducing the number of undecided evangelicals by half, Rutzel says.
According to the follow-up survey, McCain also gained 8% of the Independent evangelical vote -- an increase from 54% to 62%, Rutzel says.
The survey was sent by email to Crosswalk.com subscribers and was not an online poll, Rutzel says.
"We can ensure statistical relevance of our email based both on our sample size and our methodology. The respondents included in this survey were chosen randomly and proportionally from a pool of subscribers for which we have verified geographic data and included all 50 states." Rutzel said.
Based on the sampling method and sample size, the estimated margin of error is +/- 1.9%
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