Robertson’s media empire could not translate into mainstream evangelical political backing

Evidence

Robertson’s CBN had an estimated annual viewership of 16 million and collected $2.4 million in contributions in 1986, and he hoped to translate this into political support, into an “invisible army.” Due to the improbability of his campaign, opponents and journalists used the term derisively, but Robertson embraced it. His army consisted primarily of charismatics, Pentecostals, and “spirit-filled” Christians, a subset of white evangelicalism, but he failed to win the support of most evangelicals. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 318

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes that charismatics/Pentecostals/‘spirit-filled’ Christians are a subset of white evangelicalism, not identical with it — useful for the reader’s contest of whether this strand IS white evangelicalism or a dominant strand within it.