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Evangelicals and the 1984 Election

Continuity or Change?

Calvin College

This article analyzes the change and continuity evident in the political attitudes and behavior of American evangelicals over the past two presidential elections. Viewed in terms of a socioreligious group, evangelicals remained a relatively large bloc of voters with distinctive political attitudes. However, important changes were evident in their level of voter turnout, their level of voting cohesion, and their pattern of partisan identification. Regional and age differences among evangelicals are also analyzed. The data suggest that a new "generation" of evangelicals may be emerging. Young evangelicals, regardless of region, appear to be relatively politicized and distinctively Republican in their partisanship.

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