Browsing by Subject "Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1980"
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- ItemFrom Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan: How the Religious Right Formed to Elect the First Born-Again Christian and Then Turned on Him For Ronald Reagan and the Political Right.(2010) Crabtree, Robbie; Gerstein, Linda; Friedman, Andrew, 1974-The Religious Right shifted from an organization that backed a candidate who shared their beliefs to one who would take action on social issues. This group that has become such a strong supporter of the political Right once helped elect a liberal progressive Democrat from Georgia. But Ronald Reagan offered them the legislative action they wanted and the group seized the opportunity to form a type of alliance with the political right. This powerful group of Evangelicals looking to change America became known as the Religious Right.