From (?) 1978 to '80, U.S. evangelicals went from left to right?

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By the 1970s, left-wing evangelicals were a pretty rare bird indeed, unless you count some of the Bible Belt vote for Jimmy Carter in '76(most of whom were probably voting for him because of his religion, not because of any liberal policies he was putting on offer).

Going back to the turn of the century, I think William Jennings Bryan(who might have already been mentioned on this thread) would probably qualify as someone who was left-wing(if not by that actual name), and evangelical. Anti-imperialist, pro-women's rights, pro-workplace regulation, etc. Granted, his economics were more populist than socialist, and he was an utter reactionary on racial issues.

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Unfortunately for his posthumous reputation, he got mixed up in the prosecution of Scopes, and never quite recovered whatever standing he might have had among liberals and intellectuals.
 
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. . . unless you count some of the Bible Belt vote for Jimmy Carter in '76(most of whom were probably voting for him because of his religion, not because of any liberal policies he was putting on offer). . .
There's a great cartoon of Carter from the time of his inauguration. He's holding a carry-on bag for a man's suit. Alright, something is written across the suit he's wearing and something else across the suit bag he's holding. One says "Liberal Instincts," and the other says "Doesn't Like To Spend Money."

In one of the historical ironies, I think the country would have gone better in '79 and '80 if the country had had a president with more Keynesian instincts, like Ronnie Reagan had!

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I think Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon, who was a moderate or liberal Republican, was an evangelical who Carter admired.
 
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