Entry:

Hammond, Phillip E.; Shibley, Mark A.; and Solow, Peter M., "Religion and Family Values in Presidential Voting," Sociology of Religion, 55 (1994), 277-290.


Abstract:

The New Christian Right is no longer fundamentalists agreeing with Biblical inerrancy, but moral traditionalists alarmed over social liberalism. The New Christian Right did not become a significant factor in presidential races until the 1992 presidential election.

GSS Years:

1980, 1984, 1988, 1993

Other Data Sets:

Hammond 1988; Gallup 1980-1981

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
PRES80

"VOTE FOR CARTER

PRES84

VOTE FOR REAGAN OR MONDALE

PRES88

VOTE FOR DUKAKIS OR BUSH

PRES92

"VOTE FOR CLINTON

PARTYID

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION

USUN

REMAIN IN U.N. OR PULL OUT

COMMUN

FEELINGS ABOUT COMMUNISM

NATFARE

WELFARE

NATFAREY

ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR -- VERSION Y

NATRACE

IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF BLACKS

GUNLAW

FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS

CAPPUN

FAVOR OR OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER

COURTS

COURTS DEALING WITH CRIMINALS

PRAYER

BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SPKATH

ALLOW ANTI-RELIGIONIST TO SPEAK

ABNOMORE

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

XMARSEX

SEX WITH PERSON OTHER THAN SPOUSE

HOMOSEX

HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS

FEHOME

WOMEN TAKE CARE OF HOME NOT COUNTRY