Evangelical conspiracy against Carter began well before his reelection campaign.
Evidence
What Carter did not know until well into his reelection campaign is that a group of evangelicals had been conspiring against him for some time. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 86
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Evangelicals conspired against Carter’s reelection secretly; Unorganized evangelicals voted for Carter before the Religious Right existed — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the…, 83; White evangelicals in 1980 chose image over co-religionist Carter and backed Reagan — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 244 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Evangelicals conspired against Carter’s reelection secretly
#corroborates(0.95) - The Religious Right assembled through counter-conferences timed to unseat Carter
#corroborates(0.85) - Unorganized evangelicals voted for Carter before the Religious Right existed
#contradicts(0.80) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 83 - IRS regulations topped evangelicals’ 1979 grievances against Carter while abortion went unmentioned
#complicates(0.75) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 117 - White evangelicals in 1980 chose image over co-religionist Carter and backed Reagan
#expands(0.72) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 244