aka The Base. A wide-ranging assortment of religious conservatives, all dedicated to one or another version of the overthrow of the secular Humanist/Liberal conspiracy to destroy civilization, and of establishing the Word of God, or the Kingdom of God on Earth, or something like that. Very high percentage of them vote, very high rate of volunteering for campaigns, lots of candidates for school boards. But they aren't monolithic. Pat Robertson has praised Barack Obama, who has gone on The 700 Club. See also
Regent University Obama Supporters, and
Bob Jones University Students for Barack Obama.
Notable individuals, past and present, and organizations
- Pat Robertson and Ralph Reed
- Dr. Robert Grant, Christian Voice
- Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family and Family Research Council
- Michael Farris, Home School Legal Defense Association and Patrick Henry College
- Jerry Falwell (died 2007), Lynchburg Baptist College, renamed Liberty University
- Ed McAteer (died 2004), Moral Majority and Religious Roundtable Council
- Randy Brinson, Redeem the Vote
- Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
- Bruce Chapman, The Discovery Institute
- Rousas John Rushdoony (died 2001), writer
- Howard Ahmanson, Jr., financier
- Bob Jones, Sr., Bob Jones University
- Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska
- Senator Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania
Issues- Creationism
- Judicial activism
- Sexual behavior
- Abortion
- Gay marriage
- Premarital and extramarital sex
- Contraception
- Pornography
- Sex education, "abstinence only"
- Prayer in schools
- Homeschooling
- School vouchers
- Race
- Feminism
- Death penalty
- Guns
- "Elitism"
- Dominion
- Israel and Armageddon
- The Last Days