This term is all over the political commentaries these days, and I can't understand why. These Evangelican Christian leaders are trying to take credit for Bush's re-election, and are acting like they deserve to have a few laws passed because of it. That's rediculous!

53 MILLION people voted for Bush. How many Evangelican Chrisitans are there in this country? A million, maybe? They can't take credit for the election. They always vote Republican anyway, so clearly the fact that they did this year cannot be the only reason Bush won.

Plus I can guarantee that the majority of Americans do no agree with their ideas of banning homosexuality, birth control, and evolution. If the Republicans implement these, they will lose the support of moderate Americans whose votes can actually switch from one party to the other. The moderates are the real group that won Bush the election! They're the ones he should be listening to.

This term is all over the political commentaries these days, and I can't understand why. These Evangelican Christian leaders are trying to take credit for Bush's re-election, and are acting like they deserve to have a few laws passed because of it. That's rediculous!
very rediculous. :nonono:

good points

This term is all over the political commentaries these days, and I can't understand why. These Evangelican Christian leaders are trying to take credit for Bush's re-election, and are acting like they deserve to have a few laws passed because of it. That's rediculous!

53 MILLION people voted for Bush. How many Evangelican Chrisitans are there in this country? A million, maybe? They can't take credit for the election. They always vote Republican anyway, so clearly the fact that they did this year cannot be the only reason Bush won.

I think there are, conservatively, at least 30 million, though I admit I have no statistics at hand. Also, though they have voted Republican consistently since probably the 1964 election, they've also been known to stay home. Neither Ford ('76) Bush I ('92) or Dole ('96) excited their interest...and the Repubs lost the White House in each of those elections, though the '76 loss may have had something to do with residual Watergate issues.

If the Republicans can't get White Evangelicals out to vote they cannot win the White House, and probably not the House of Representatives either, though I think they could probably take the Senate.


Plus I can guarantee that the majority of Americans do no agree with their ideas of banning homosexuality, birth control, and evolution. If the Republicans implement these, they will lose the support of moderate Americans whose votes can actually switch from one party to the other.


I'd be surprised if they did seriously try to enact any of the above, to be honest.However, I submit you're seriously underestimating the importance of this group to the Republicans. On some level or other they MUST be pacified.

Note that the Democrats have a similar issue swinging the other way. Even with the success of the DLC in getting a Bill Clinton into office, they seem to have been hamstrung by the hard lefties. It is why formerly Dem states like West Virginia went Repub in both '00 and '04, and will probably continue to do so in '08.


The moderates are the real group that won Bush the election! They're the ones he should be listening to.

What exactly is a "moderate?" A "fiscal conservative" and a "social liberal?" I think once you leave the Northeast or Pacific coast such creatures become relatively rare. They certainly weren't the ones who put North Carolina in the "red" column this year, even though one of their own was the Dem Veep nominee. Or for that matter humiliated Gore in '00 by doing the same to Tennessee.