User:Skakkle/evangelical (politics)

In American politics, evangelicals are a demographic voting constituency.

Bush, 2000s
Beginning around 1999, as George W Bush's presidential campaign secured the Republican nomination, the news began to tell us about a new prominent and rather unified voting bloc called "evangelicals". They strongly favored George W. Bush in the presidential election of 2000 & remained strong for 2004 as well. Bush's campaigns capitalized on this in the formulation of his rhetoric and campaign strategies, such as "compassionate conservativism".

Today, misleading
The term may be misleading and reductive, though. Today, this collective label may not be very salient to national politics. While on a national level, their support of Bush in the 2000s was strong, numerous religious communities or congregations that may be considered "evangelical" have other political views, dispositions, and worldviews.