Why don't Republicans go after the Atheist vote?

[A Theist]

"If you look at these boards, you scarcely see a Republican Atheist (Tino) and a plethora of Democrats and some apathetic libertarians."....If you look at these boards you scarcely see a Republican at all, period....at first I thought that there were three Republicans on this forum, but now it looks like it's only Tino and myself who are the only two....though Tino and I don't agree over the existence of God, we do agree politically and we're both Republicans.

You and I probably agree politically too on many things. That's the whole point of this thread, I am left without a party, obviously I can't vote for the Democrats because I agree with almost nothing that the party says. However the Republican party is intensely hostile towards Atheists, I would argue more than towards gays. For example John McCain, who is more socially moderate than most Republicans, has said he would "be comfortable with a gay president." How about Atheists? No chance,

" I think the number one issue people should make [in the] selection of the President of the United States is, 'Will this person carry on in the Judeo Christian principled tradition that has made this nation the greatest experiment in the history of mankind?"

This is from one of the less religious Republicans. Romney was far worse on the topic, how can I vote for people who would never vote for me? That's why I remain a conservative, but can not vote Republican.

I would have no problem whatsoever voting for a Conservative atheist for president or any other political office as long as my beliefs were respected, (and I believe a conservative atheist would be tolerant of my beliefs)....I have also seen Republican candidates distance themselves from conservative Christian ministers in their campaigns, such as Romney did with John Hagee...but I still voted for the Republican Mormon candidate because he was the far better option than Barack.