[Lazamataz]

At this time, the 4 Million Conservative Voter figure appears to be an estimate by Karl Rove of the number of white, evangelical Christian voters who did not show up in 2000 - not conservatives in general -- nor did they necessarily vote third party, nor did they necessarily vote for Gore.

Poohbah, I am absolutely willing to take any additional input you have to support this figure better than it appears to be supportable now. Since, sir, you have repeatedly cited this figure over the last few days -- and said the conservative movement can be safely ignored by Bush due to the 4 million conservatives who sat home on 2000 -- I will probably ask you to back this up with something a little more concrete than an estimate from Rove on a group only loosely related to the conservative group in question.

[Poohbah]

Do you consider yourself part of the conservative Christian political movement, also known as the religious right? Yes: 14% No: 83%

From: The ABC News Exit Poll

The 1996 figure was 17%.