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Role in the Christian Coalition
Role in the Christian Coalition
Reed’s leadership at the Christian Coalition helped to move religious conservatives into the mainstream and make them one of the most important constituencies in the electorate. Political analysts now agree that the so-called “values voter” among the most critical voting blocs in contemporary American politics. They proved critical to the election of the first Republican Congress in forty years in the1994 landslide and in the victories of President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
The strength of religious conservatives was dramatically demonstrated in the Republicans gaining control of Congress in 1994. In that election, Reed’s Christian Coalition turned out a record number of voters. Religious conservatives represented one out of every three voters, and voted roughly three-to-one for GOP candidates.
The strength of religious conservatives was dramatically demonstrated in the Republicans gaining control of Congress in 1994. In that election, Reed’s Christian Coalition turned out a record number of voters. Religious conservatives represented one out of every three voters, and voted roughly three-to-one for GOP candidates.
With a Ph.D. in American History from Emory University, Reed built the Christian Coalition movement with an eye toward social reform movements that had gone before him. Reed understood that the long tale of religious involvement in American life should be embraced by all Americans because it had served our country well and unified believers of many denominational stripes. He observed that devout Christians and religious rhetoric had been driving forces behind nearly every social movement in America whether of the right or of the left. From abolition to the New Deal, from the labor movement to civil rights, Christian believers had been instrumental to the expansion of social justice in America. The Christian Coalition sought to stand on those historic movements as it united Catholics, observant Jews, as well as reaching out to African-Americans.
With a Ph.D. in American History from Emory University, Reed built the Christian Coalition movement with an eye toward social reform movements that had gone before him. Reed understood that the long tale of religious involvement in American life should be embraced by all Americans because it had served our country well and unified believers of many denominational stripes. He observed that devout Christians and religious rhetoric had been driving forces behind nearly every social movement in America whether of the right or of the left. From abolition to the New Deal, from the labor movement to civil rights, Christian believers had been instrumental to the expansion of social justice in America. The Christian Coalition sought to stand on those historic movements as it united Catholics, observant Jews, as well as reaching out to African-Americans.
Reed Joined Coalition
Reed Joined Coalition