This is certainly intentional, and is well documented in the book and documentary What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

This is certainly intentional, and is well documented in the book and documentary What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansa... Additionally, Kevin Kruse of Princeton has written a great book called One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. An intro article on this book can be found here: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-america-invented-religious-right-conservative-roosevelt-princeton-117030 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-am...