Evangelicals and the GOP: A Clean Divorce Coming

Austin, TX, March 22, 2007 – Stratfor’s public policy report this week will be a follow-on to last Thursday’s piece, which examined fractures within the evangelical movement of the “religious right.” Evangelicals became strongly tied to the Republican Party in the 1980s, spurred mainly by a shared interest in limiting the power and influence of the federal government in the wake of the 1960s and the Warren Supreme Court. They became an influential part of national Republican politics in the late 1980s due to their ability to get out the vote in elections and the power of their work behind the scenes as party volunteers and fundraisers.

The past six years have been a big disappointment to the evangelicals, who have been frustrated by what they see as a lack of progress by the Republican Party in helping them achieve their goals. This frustration has caused the movement to splinter.

Stratfor examines the central question: whether the GOP can survive without the religious right and, if so, what direction would the party take?

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