GUIDE: CCPL Guide to Voting

By The Center for Christianity and Public Life | PDF
Published in October of 2024

SUMMARY: The “Center for Christianity and Public Life Guide to Voting” is a non-manipulative voting guide for Christians, encouraging thoughtful civic engagement by prioritizing love for neighbor and communal flourishing. It presents five key questions to consider when voting:

• what you’re passionate about,
• how candidates meet personal needs,
• how candidates meet community needs,
• the cultural impact of candidates, and
• whether you would regret your vote if it determined the election outcome.

If you don’t know where to begin when it comes to voting, this short guide is an excellent starting point.

KEY QUOTE: “Our vote should be directed toward the greatest flourishing of our community. Our vote should be inclined toward the good of our neighbors, as best as we can see it, in consultation with Scripture, Christian tradition, fellow Christians, and our neighbors themselves. We take our vote seriously, but we also recognize we are part of a body politic and we see voting for what it is. And we understand that in all but the rarest of circumstances—and we should be hesitant to suggest unequivocally what the exceptions are—there is no single Christian way to vote.”

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DID YOU KNOW? We have distilled the media we have curated into five guided learning paths to help you learn about politics — from a Christian perspective — in your preferred learning style.

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