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A Matter of Context: Christian Right Influence in U.S. State Republican Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2021

Kimberly H. Conger
Kimberly H. Conger*
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Iowa State University
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Abstract

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.

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Research Article
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State Politics & Policy Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , Fall 2010 , pp. 248 - 269
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Copyright © 2010 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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