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I read recently that there are several million evangelicals who are not even registered to vote. If this is true, no wonder we lost the election. A bit of outreach to them would not come amiss. The Democrats don’t hesitate to launch vigorous voter registration drives, but we tend not to because we assume that Republican voters are so responsible and energized that they’re all registered. Not true!

Apparently one million evangelicals and at least that many conservatives just decided to ride out the next decade or so since there was no one to represent them. the Democrats dislike bordering on hate both evangelicals and conservatives and the Republicans are embarrassed by them.
I would suggest that at least 2-5 million voters sat out this election on principal. More than just a few due to their prejudice against the Mormon Church. I know we have seen some of them here on Free Republic.

I am amazed that people keep returning to evangelicals when seeking to place blame for Romney’s loss. Despite being basically shunned and shut out by the Romney campaign, on a percentage basis more evangelicals voted for the guy than any other group, Including Mormons themselves.

So, any post mortem analysis needs to recognize that Romney failed to capture other groups upon which he did focus, yet retained this group even though he made no effort to do so. He still lost Catholics with a Catholic Vice Presidential candidate. Didn’t even carry Wisconsin. Fail.

Try concentrating on outreach failures where there actually was an outreach failure and there might actually be some benefit to be derived.

I read recently that there are several million evangelicals who are not even registered to vote. If this is true, no wonder we lost the election. A bit of outreach to them would not come amiss.

Evangelicals voted 79% republican, which is pretty typical for them.

Catholics voted for Obama, again which is pretty typical for them.

We need to emulate Evangelicals, and make them examples of conservative virtue and commitment, we need "outreach" to try and persuade Catholics to become like Evangelicals in voting, or at least to become more republican.

I read recently that there are several million evangelicals who are not even registered to vote. If this is true, no wonder we lost the election. A bit of outreach to them would not come amiss. ....

The only problem with this line of reasoning is what do you offer these evangelicals, Christians and socons that would make them do what you espouse? Not since Ronald Reagan have I seen any Republican candidate for President that was worthy of my socon vote and I rather suspect that I'm no where near alone in that sentiment. Actually I sense that sentiment to be growing in size and numbers every year since the Reagan Presidency.

Moving to the left of center hasn't worked so why not try moving back to the center of right and see what happens?! If not then the Republican Party should just go ahead and make it official that they have lock, stock and barrel become the party of the liberal RINO. Be done with it once and for all. End the charade of pretending to be the party of conservatism.

۞ "Since the bygone days of Ronald Reagan the present day Republican Party has taken on the appearance and all the demeanor of the corrupted liberal Democrat Party and has now become the party of appeasers, apologists, liberalism and an ever bigger government with all of the welfare largesse that emanates from it."