The Washington Post ran a story on Sunday about Regent University and its alumnus, Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell, that had an interesting tidbit about university founder Pat Robertson.
It quoted Kelly Duff, a 26-year-old law student who was at first concerned about attending the Virginia Beach, Va., school known for its overt Christian conservatism.
“I was nervous about the Christian bubble and was like, ‘What am I doing?'” she told the newspaper. “‘They’re going to be so intolerant.’ But it’s definitely more mixed. Everyone seems perfectly reasonable. Half the people have no idea who Pat Robertson is.”
Although hardly a scientific study on the religious broadcaster, there’s a more detailed study that indicates that Robertson’s popularity has waned.
A new report on religious activists – “Faithful, Engaged and Divergent” – found that Robertson was far behind former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee when it came to popularity among conservatives. Eighty-six percent of those activists gave Palin a favorable rating and 77 percent viewed Huckabee favorably.
“Only about 4âÂ?ÂinâÂ?Â10 (43%) of conservative activists have a favorable opinion of Pat Robertson,” said the report (on page 21).
