# does god influence elections? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267 "2017-04-11T21:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/1 "2017-04-11T21:01:53Z")
I like opinions on this ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/2 "2017-04-11T21:02:50Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/3 "2017-04-11T21:04:01Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > No +1 ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/4 "2017-04-11T21:08:32Z")
Since deities (God, Allah, Odin, etc.) do not exist, it is a meaningless question; there is no God to influence or not influence elections. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/5 "2017-04-11T21:09:00Z")
Which god? Just kidding. No. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/6 "2017-04-11T21:10:52Z")
No. He delegates to the tooth fairy. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/7 "2017-04-11T21:11:33Z")
No, he voted for Jill Stein. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/8 "2017-04-11T21:22:25Z")
Presuming there is a God whom listens to us at all… I dunno. I stopped trying to guess what God does, or does not do or want. Maybe? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/9 "2017-04-11T21:23:25Z")
Sadly many people who believe in god (despite lack of evidence he can do anything to help) also voted for Trump (despite lack of evidence he can do anything to help.) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/10 "2017-04-11T21:30:14Z")
If there is a God, _if_, I doubt that He or She cares who’s elected. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/11 "2017-04-11T21:33:31Z")
The God I recognize influences everything. However, I will be fucked with a cactus if I understand what He/She/It intended this last Fall. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/12 "2017-04-11T21:55:10Z")
Of course God influences elections. He made you post that question didn’t he? If he can do that he certainly can make people vote for his candidate. Can you prove that he didn’t make it happen? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/13 "2017-04-11T22:14:55Z")
If God influences the outcome of football games, why not elections? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/14 "2017-04-11T22:15:07Z")
Yes, God cares about elections and She even does a fair amount of campaigning on her own time, but She only cares about the important ones. Specifically, God cares deeply about the elections held in the inner galactic core of GN-z11, because there in its 26 dimensions dwell God’s children, beings of pure energy created shortly after the Big Bang. Naturally, God doesn’t give a rat’s ass about anything happening in four-dimensional spacetime, and She’s never even heard of the solar system. In fact She’s getting a little absent-minded in Her old age and barely remembers our humble galaxy which She created in a moment of whimsy and would just as soon forget about. Hope that clears that up. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/15 "2017-04-11T22:26:03Z")
People who believe in him voted for Trump overwhelmingly, so yes. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/16 "2017-04-11T23:14:06Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > People who believe in him voted for Trump overwhelmingly, so yes. I believe in god and I not only didn’t vote for the Rumpty, I would SCORN to do so. so bite me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/17 "2017-04-11T23:46:40Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I believe in god and I not only didn’t vote for the Rumpty, I would SCORN to do so. so bite me. :mad: The qualifier was “overwhelmingly” not “without exception”. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/18 "2017-04-11T23:51:20Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > The God I recognize influences everything. However, I will be fucked with a cactus if I understand what He/She/It intended this last Fall. Maybe he has a fucked up sense of humor? Look at the platypus. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/19 "2017-04-11T23:54:35Z")
god does influence elections, in so far as, many voters align their political beliefs behind what they understand god’s wishes to be. now whether or not those beliefs are \*actually \*in line with god’s wishes is a different question. mc ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267/20 "2017-04-11T23:58:24Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Which god? _Wha_t god? There is a god? Who knew! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-influence-elections/784267.md?page=2)