evangelical christians past voting habits

[SingingAnalyst]

I suspect it was regional, with northern evangelicals voting GOP and southern ones Dem, esp in 1952, 1956, 1976 and 1980. Other than 1928 and 1960, the rural poverty of most evangelicals would keep them Democratic until the late 1960s (and then again in 1976 one last time). As recently as 1980 one poll found Carter "clearly"leading Reagan among Evangelicals (which led Andy Rooney to quip "if you are born again do you get to vote twice?") Sadly the latest poll of "born again Christians" I am aware of is from 1984, when Time reported "born again Christians" voted for Reagan over Mondale 69-31. Today, of course, exit polls report "WHITE Evangelical or b.a.c." which greatly distorts the results in favor of the GOP).