Unable to pass data to html from mongo/mongoose node.js

I am trying to build a checklist app that takes input from a form and then writes it to a collection. The problem is that, when I try to print the input on the same page I took it from, it does not reach the JavaScript in the html.

If I console.log(checklist_data);, I see all the data from mongo. How do I get it to the page?

routes/index.js:

//insert into the db ( works perfectly)
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var checklist_model = mongoose.model('checklist_model');

exports.create = function (req, res) {
    new checklist_model({
        name: req.body.name,
        comment: req.body.comment
    }).save(function (err, checklist_model) {
        res.redirect('/checklist');
    });
    // query db for all checklist items ( checklist_data has all the data )
    exports.checklist = function (req, res) {
        checklist_model.find(function (err, checklist_data, count) {
            res.render('checklist', {
                title: 'checklist',
                checklist_data: checklist_data
            });
            console.log(checklist_data);
        });
    };
}

HTML:

//HTML code
<script language="javascript" class="lookhere">
    checklist_data.forEach( function( checklist_model ){
    checklist_model.content
});
</script>

app.js:

app.get('/', routes.index);
app.get('/checklist', routes.checklist);
app.post('/create', routes.create);