From the presidential election of 1980 through 2008 it was relatively clear what role American evangelicals played in our nation's political life: They were an active and influential bloc within the Republican party, sharing influence within a coalition that also included foreign policy hawks and pro-business libertarians. This meant that while the evangelical coalition didn't get everything they wanted, they really did have genuine power and influence over Republican policy and really did get some recognizably Christian policy wins through that influence.
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