On the heels of the recent University of Akron national survey of religion and politics poll that found that "evangelical protestants supported Republican John McCain at levels approaching their support for George W. Bush in the comparable stage of the 2004 election," this week's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly poll shows young evangelicals peeling away from their elders and from the Republican party:

---White evangelicals are supporting McCain by a marging of 71-23, but those #'s change to 62-30 among WE's under 30.
---Young white evangelicals also have less favorable views of McCain, Palin and Pres. Bush than evangelicals overall.
---A majority of young evangelicals are ok with some sort of civil union/legal recognition of same-sex couples, but are just as pro-life as their elders.

These findings aren't enough to reshape the face of evangelicalism and may/may not make a big difference on the '08 race. They do, however, raise an interesting question. As under-30 evangelicals increasingly move into positions of leadership, how will the movement change?

More data to come between now and the election, I'm sure.