The Second Bush Presidency

Chapter 6

 

1 Academic literature differentiates between “new conservatism’s two varieties”: the more intellectual “neo-conservatism” à la Irving Kristol—formerly Left-wing thinkers who converted to the Right—as well as the conservatism of the Religious Right, synonymously referred to as the Christian Right. Both varieties of “newer conservatism” are distinguished from the “older conservatives” (who used to be called “Rockefeller Republicans”) who are mainly attached to economic interests (Losche 1982).

2 The denominations represent the following percentages of the total population: committed Evangelical Protestants 16%, other Evangelical Protestants 8%, committed Catholics 9%, other Catholics 12%; unpublished analysis of “National Election ...