THE EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS SELF-IDENTIFICATION ON SUPPORT FOR THE NEW CHRISTIAN RIGHT - AN ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS

Using data from a mail survey of Republican contributors, the effects of religions self-identifications on attitudes toward Christian Right objects Moral Majority and Pat Robertson were examined. As expected, Moral Majority drew best among self-identified fundamentalists, while Robertson was most popular among charismatic identifiers. Multiple identifiers were slightly less likely to support either Christian Right object than identifiers with a single theological tradition. The implications for religious politics are discussed.