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It wasn't so long ago (Carter) that Evangelicals were a major liberal constituency.

• Avshalom 10y ago
  Basically what happened is the Republicans rounded up the evangelical leaders and said "those dem's are weak on communism, vote for us or Russia will kill God" and it worked. One of the 'interesting' side effects is that when Republicans decided to become anti abortion to get Catholic votes it forced a bunch of previously pro choice or neutral evangelical groups to become virulently anti abortion out of percieved duty.
  • MisterBastahrd 10y ago
    There's also the idea that evangelism is mostly a southern thing, and Republicans tend to play heavily into the sort of racially charged politics that resonate with southerners.
    • Avshalom 10y ago
      Well from what I understand this was largely started concurrently with the southern strategy which was when that particular play started.