69 percent of white evangelicals voted for Nixon in 1968

Evidence

Nixon won by appealing to his so-called Silent Majority, capitalizing on the political realignment signaled by Goldwater that would come to shape the next half century of American politics. White evangelicals were a significant part of his majority; 69 percent cast their vote for Nixon. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 105

Categorization

• XREF: Key statistic that anchors Du Mez’s claim of early white evangelical Republican alignment; needed to contest whether this was a ‘dominant strand’ by 1968.