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National parties' financial role in congressional campaigns.

The growing importance of religious conservatives in the Republican Party is one of the most interesting aspects of evolving party coalitions in the US. However, their identification has proved to be difficult because of different operational definitions of religious conservatives. Here, an alternative operational definition is posited, identifying conservative Republicans for whom religion is an important part of their lives. This definition is then used to estimate the number of religious conservatives in the mass electorate & ascertain their political distinctiveness compared to other Republicans. While the definition used here is a broad one, it is demonstrated that, in terms of voting behavior & issue preferences, a religious conservative Republican is qualitatively distinct from a secular conservative Republican. 4 Tables, 34 References. Adapted from the source document.

The growing importance of religious conservatives within the Republican Party is one of the most interesting aspects of evolving party coalitions in the USA. However, their identification has proved to be difficult because of different operational definitions of religious conservatives. In this paper, an alternative operational definition is posited, identifying conservative Republicans for whom religion is an important part of their lives. The paper proceeds by using this definition to estimate the number of religious conservatives in the mass electorate, and their political distinctiveness compared to other Republicans. While the definition used in this paper is a broad one, it is demonstrated that in terms of voting behavior and issue preferences, a `religious' conservative Republican is qualitatively distinct from a `secular' conservative Republican.

Selected statements, remarks, and interviews by President Clinton and US public officials and Republican congressional leaders on conduct of US foreign policy. Includes excerpts from US House debate on the National Security Revitalization Act (H.R. 7), February 15, 1995.

The Christian Right is a powerful force in contemporary state Republican party politics. In this article, I create a new comprehensive measure of that influence and offer a theoretical framework through which to understand how influence varies across the states. Drawing from the insights of social movement theory, the results of the data analysis demonstrate the importance of the movement's internal resources and the state political context in which the Christian Right seeks to influence state Republican party politics. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses narrowing and concentration of GOP's electoral base; analyzes frameworks for making the party more centrist and palatable to moderates, while retaining religious and social conservatives; US. "Compassionate conservatism", "national greatness", and the "new investor class" approaches; first months of office of President George W. Bush.