Huckabees veiw on evolution played zero role. I do think many people are uncomfortable of having a preacher as president though.
We’ve had preachers as presidents before. James Garfield was an ordained Presbyterian minister, for example.
That seems to be the evidence, otherwise Giuliani should have been in the position Huckabee finished.
It really depends on whether or not people really took Huck’s position on Evolution seriously, I would tend to doubt that it really was a factor in his loss.
However, the Ubber Evolution over allis people are very very serious about people bowing a knee to the Quasi Theory. Evolution may not matter to some, but to others it is a deal breaker.
I was always more concerned with Huckabee’s view on transubstantiation. </sarcasm>. In all seriousness, while young earthers may be misinterpreting Genesis, and in any case, the potential for some degree of evolution is perfectly consistent with a belief in scriptural inerrancy, these theological perspectives are nuances from the perspective of the ability to govern as President. Huckabee’s flaws were on the economic and cultural sides, with a belief in big government, and a superficial social conservatism which while rightly emphasizing family, life and marriage, underestimates the importance of Western tradition in our civilization.