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As the 2004 presidential campaign began, some analysts and political strategists pondered whether evangelical Protestants’ enthusiasm for political engagement might be waning. After all, during the past century, evangelicals have exhibited a cyclical pattern of political engagement and then withdrawal. And now a quarter-century has passed since the most recent wave of evangelical involvement began.
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Smidt, C., Green, J.C., Kellstedt, L., Guth, J. (2007). “What Does the Lord Require?” Evangelicals and the 2004 Presidential Vote. In: Rozell, M.J., Whitney, G. (eds) Religion and the Bush Presidency. The Evolving American Presidency Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607354_3
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