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In recent years, interest in religion and politics at the national
level has surged while extensive activity at the state level has
gone largely unnoticed. Yet, with state government budgets
increasing exponentially over the past three decades, churches and
religious organizations are focusing tremendous energy and
resources toward influencing the ways states are spending their
money and governing their populace. In this groundbreaking
collection, Edward Cleary and Allen Hertzke bring together nine new
essays that provide the first systematic, comparative view of
religion and politics at the state level. These essays take an
in-depth look at the pressing issues facing states across the
nation and how religious lobbies and organizations are addressing
them. By examining the responses of different denominations and
their rationales for involvement, the contributors explore the
enormous diversity of interests being represented at the state
level. As highly controversial programs and laws continue to divide
state governments, Representing God at the Statehouse provides an
important look at the current state of religion and democracy.
After the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004, the "God Gap"
became a hotly debated political issue. Religious voters were seen
as the key to Bush's victory, and Democrats began scrambling to
reach out to them. Four years later, however, with the economy in a
tailspin on election day, religion barely seemed to register on
people's radar screens. In this book, a team of well-regarded
scholars digs deeper to examine the role religion played in the
2008 campaign. They take a long view, placing the election in
historical context and looking at the campaign as a whole, from the
primaries through all the way through election day. At the heart of
their analysis is data gleaned from a national survey conducted by
the authors, in which voters were interviewed in the spring of 2008
and then re-interviewed after the election.
After the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004, the "God Gap"
became a hotly debated political issue. Religious voters were seen
as the key to Bush's victory, and Democrats began scrambling to
reach out to them. Four years later, however, with the economy in a
tailspin on election day, religion barely seemed to register on
people's radar screens. In this book, a team of well-regarded
scholars digs deeper to examine the role religion played in the
2008 campaign. They take a long view, placing the election in
historical context and looking at the campaign as a whole, from the
primaries through all the way through election day. At the heart of
their analysis is data gleaned from a national survey conducted by
the authors, in which voters were interviewed in the spring of 2008
and then re-interviewed after the election.
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