Will religion matter in the 2008 election?

That's the question this article claims to answer in the negative.

Ok, so let's break this down. Here's the nifty table from the article for your reference here.


Basically, this writer argues that people are not voting based on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage as much as they are on the war and "domestic" issues, effectively eschewing the importance of the "values vote." My question, however, is whether or not religious affiliation is still a very important factor in the way people are voting on these other issues. Methinks it is.