Mobilizing the Religious Left: Linking the Movement to Individual Political Activity

IF 1.3 1区哲学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politics and Religion Pub Date : 2021-04-06 DOI:10.1017/S1755048321000043

Kimberly H. Conger

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Abstract

Abstract The contemporary Religious Left (RL) in the United States has proven to be somewhat of an enigma, both for academics and for the activists and voters who desire such a movement to thrive. In this paper, I look at one piece of the puzzle: is the RL able to mobilize supporters to political activity? Combining data from both the individual and movement level, this paper tests whether activity at the movement level of the RL can translate into individual supporters' political activity. Using existing data for 2008 and newly collected data on the RL in the 2016 election cycle, I find that the movement was successful in mobilizing constituents in 2008, but not in 2016. This can be linked to the Democrats' effort to engage religious voters in 2008, and its inability to do so in 2016.

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动员宗教左派:将运动与个人政治活动联系起来

当代美国的宗教左派(RL)已经被证明是一个谜，无论是对学者还是对希望这种运动蓬勃发展的活动家和选民来说。在这篇论文中，我研究了一个难题:RL能够动员支持者参加政治活动吗?结合个体和运动层面的数据，本文检验了RL的运动层面的活动是否可以转化为个体支持者的政治活动。利用2008年的现有数据和2016年选举周期中新收集的RL数据，我发现该运动在2008年成功地动员了选民，但在2016年却没有。这可能与民主党在2008年吸引宗教选民的努力有关，而民主党在2016年未能做到这一点。

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Politics and Religion Multiple-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

13.30%

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审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Politics and Religion is an international journal publishing high quality peer-reviewed research on the multifaceted relationship between religion and politics around the world. The scope of published work is intentionally broad and we invite innovative work from all methodological approaches in the major subfields of political science, including international relations, American politics, comparative politics, and political theory, that seeks to improve our understanding of religion’s role in some aspect of world politics. The Editors invite normative and empirical investigations of the public representation of religion, the religious and political institutions that shape religious presence in the public square, and the role of religion in shaping citizenship, broadly considered, as well as pieces that attempt to advance our methodological tools for examining religious influence in political life.