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The Catholic candidate that was endorsed by the Evangelical elites as a "values firewall" bombed in states with sizable Evangelical/Born-Again populations.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

By the election of George W. Bush in 2000, the broader Christian Conservative/Born-Again Christian/Evangelical Christian movement had solidified "family values" into a full-blown political litmus test right up there with gun control and almost as effective as Grover Norquist's insistence that GOP candidates pledge never to raise taxes.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

That's right; Gingrich and Romney split the Evangelical/Born-Again vote in Florida.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

That's right; Gingrich and Romney split the Evangelical/Born-Again vote in Florida.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

In South Carolina, the very first primary in the South, 65% of those voting in the Republican primary in 2012 self-identified as either Born-Again or Evangelical Christians up from 60% in 2008.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

In fact, exit polls in South Carolina and Florida show that Santorum lost to Gingrich and Romney in almost every category (including race, gender, education) and by more than 2-to-1 among those identifying themselves as either Born-Again or Evangelical Christians (21% to 44% in SC; 18% to 37% in FL) and even bigger among Catholics (15% to 37% in SC; 10% to 56% in FL).

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

I, a future rabbi, will be traveling to the conference with a Born-Again Christian and returning home with Mainline Protestant friends, after having visited with Muslim colleagues throughout.

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I, a future rabbi, will be traveling to the conference with a Born-Again Christian and returning home with Mainline Protestant friends, after having visited with Muslim colleagues throughout.

Joshua Stanton: Hindu Community Makes Its White House Debut Joshua Stanton 2011

In South Carolina, the very first primary in the South, 65% of those voting in the Republican primary in 2012 self-identified as either Born-Again or Evangelical Christians up from 60% in 2008.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012

By the election of George W. Bush in 2000, the broader Christian Conservative/Born-Again Christian/Evangelical Christian movement had solidified "family values" into a full-blown political litmus test right up there with gun control and almost as effective as Grover Norquist's insistence that GOP candidates pledge never to raise taxes.

Martin Long: Evangelicals' Lock on the GOP Cracks Martin Long 2012