Chip Berlet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a really important point that Nathan makes, since
> some research argues that the social base of the Christian
> Right activists is among upwardly-mobile suburban
> evangelicals and fundamentalists. Above average in wealth
> and education. So it may be that the new economic and social
> status helps drive the political activism, and may even be
> the more important factor. Mixed opinions on that. I would
> like to solicite cites from those who have seen good
> research. The research I did for Right-wing Populism in
> America is now two to eight years old and predates the 2000
> campaign figures.
>
> -Chip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: another factoid
>
> > The other reality is that fundamentalism has been
> recruiting upmarket
> > economically in recent years- richer Protestants used to
> be in the mainline
> > denominations but are increasingly in denominations
> designated
> > fundamentalist or evangelical.
> >
> > So at least part of the shift in religious voting is due
> to that economic
> > shift, although there are unquestionably cultural parts of
> the political
> > shift as well based on the rise of abortion, gay rights
> and other issues
> > within the Democratic coalition.
> >
> > Nathan Newman