Religious Voting Blocs in the 1992 Election: The Year of the Evangelical?

This article examines the political alignment and voting behavior of major American religious traditions in 1992. We discover that evangelical Protestants solidified their growing Republican proclivities of recent decades, becoming a core voting bloc within the GOP coalition. Mainline Protestants ,...

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Published in:Sociology of religion 1994-10, Vol.55 (3), p.307-326
Main Authors: Kellstedt, Lyman A., Green, John C., Guth, James L., Smidt, Corwin E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bloc voting
Catholicism
Catholics
Christianity
Conservatism
Evangelism
Factors
Political activity
Political aspects
Political campaigns
Political elections
Political parties
Political Power
Politics
Presidential elections
Protestantism
Protestants
Religion Politics Relationship
Religions
Religious aspects
Religious beliefs
Religious Fundamentalism
Roman Catholics
Social issues
USA
Voter behavior
Voting
Voting Behavior
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Summary:This article examines the political alignment and voting behavior of major American religious traditions in 1992. We discover that evangelical Protestants solidified their growing Republican proclivities of recent decades, becoming a core voting bloc within the GOP coalition. Mainline Protestants , traditionally at the center of the Republican party, deserted President Bush in large numbers for Clinton and Perot, while many Catholic voters returned to their former Democratic allegiance. The expanding bloc of secular voters provided strong additional support for Democratic candidates and liberal policies. In conclusion, we speculate on the emergence of a different kind of ethnoreligious alignment in electoral politics.
ISSN:1069-4404
1759-8818
DOI:10.2307/3712056