White evangelicals in the South vs white evangelicals outside the South

[eric82oslo]

In the mid-to-late 20th century, white evangelicals outside the states of the Old Confederacy tended to be considerably more Republican than those within the Southern states (or areas that had Southern cultural heritage but weren't exactly part of the South themselves). This was generally true even through the Reagan years in the 1980s.

In the 1990s, Southern white evangelicals really trended hard toward the GOP camp, to the point that by the time the 2000s rolled around, White evangelicals in much of the country-Southern and non-Southern alike-became the major electoral backbone of the Republican Party.

My question is: Are white evangelicals in the South becoming more Republican than white evangelicals outside the South? Would this parallel a more general trend of Southern whites becoming more Republican than non-Southern whites?

I think so. Evangelicals in the south are in a more conservative region. I think we've seen whites in general become more conservative in the last generation too.

Not more conservative. Just less liberal than other groups. And in the case they've become more conservative, it's due to tabloid media like talk radio and brainwashing shows like The Bill O'Reilley Show. The white, the religious and the evangelical vote has also gotten older compared to everyone else. Thus they seem more conservative, while in fact they've only become less liberal as they have been replaced at the ballot box by younger voters.

[eric82oslo]

In the mid-to-late 20th century, white evangelicals outside the states of the Old Confederacy tended to be considerably more Republican than those within the Southern states (or areas that had Southern cultural heritage but weren't exactly part of the South themselves). This was generally true even through the Reagan years in the 1980s.

In the 1990s, Southern white evangelicals really trended hard toward the GOP camp, to the point that by the time the 2000s rolled around, White evangelicals in much of the country-Southern and non-Southern alike-became the major electoral backbone of the Republican Party.

My question is: Are white evangelicals in the South becoming more Republican than white evangelicals outside the South? Would this parallel a more general trend of Southern whites becoming more Republican than non-Southern whites?

I think so. Evangelicals in the south are in a more conservative region. I think we've seen whites in general become more conservative in the last generation too.

Not more conservative. Just less liberal than other groups. And in the case they've become more conservative, it's due to tabloid media like talk radio and brainwashing shows like The Bill O'Reilley Show. The white, the religious and the evangelical vote has also gotten older compared to everyone else. Thus they seem more conservative, while in fact they've only become less liberal as they have been replaced at the ballot box by younger voters.

O'Reilly is an environmentalist who opposes the death penalty and supports gay adoptions. He's brainwashing in what way? Or are you disappointed your party doesn't have a lock on the south anymore? Or just don't like the other party? The evangelical vote doesn't have the strength they did a decade ago, but just because people don't agree with you doesn't make their view any less valid. You're entitled to your views as they are too.

I must admit that I haven't watched O'Reilly for years and years - since Bush was president more or less, so I'm not really sure what his positions are. I just really don't like his aggressive tone, how he always used to attack his guests, at least if they were Democrats or liberals. But something is telling me that he's not as aggressive as he used to be back then, am I right?