Texas Senator Ted Cruz gave his audience at Liberty University on Monday one concrete-sounding reason why he could win the presidency. Too many evangelical Christians, he said, were “staying home” and handing presidential elections to Democrats. …
This isn’t just one senator’s theory. The fear that evangelical voters are staying home has captivated the right since at least 2008, when John McCain won nearly 2 million fewer votes than George W. Bush had in 2004. CONT.
David Weigel & Ben Brody, Bloomberg Politics