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Originally Posted by mburbank
It remains to be seen what will happen to the so called evangelical vote should their values cease to be a key ingredient in mainatining power.
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Slightly related, but perhaps more crucial, is whether or not the south maintains it's solid voting pattern. They have done so for just about forever, and historically have had a lock on our legislative branch, as well as our elections, basically since 1870. With the exception perhaps of Goldwater in '64, generally when the South gets behind a candidate, they're tough to beat.
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Just recently at an evangelical conference, there was quite a scripturally based push to do more about the environment and to fight the death penalty. If these views gain prevelance but not enough power to swing an election, we'll get to see who's concerned about God 's will and who a serious fan.
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One day soon, these religious (primarily Christian) voters will hopefully see that neither candidate is totally consistent with their values, yet each represents equally important aspects of it. That could mix things up and make shit interesting.....