Reply #30: As a young evangelical who has "crossed over..."

[Dob Bole]

this article is very interesting to me, and inspires hope. I voted for the first time in 2000, and though my vote didn't count, I voted for Bush. I just assumed, with all his talk of "compassionate conservatism" that he would be like President Carter.

Needless to say, that didn't work so well. I finally severed all my ties with the GOP during the buildup to the Iraq war in late 2002/ early 2003. I haven't voted for a Republican since, and I probably won't. The Green Party is closest to my values at this point.

I think it's fair to say that a BARE MINIMUM of 22% of evangelicals are progressive, with perhaps another 30 percent or more who are moderate. Carter and Clinton carried these votes, (and so did Gore) and they won. But part of the trick is that evangelicals are concentrated in the South, so a Southern candidate who is a regional favorite naturally carries more of these votes.

Edwards was pretty popular among evangelicals too...especially the ladies!