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January 27, 2012

WNYC: Will the new evangelicals tip Florida?

by Eileen Markey
WNYC

Newt Gingrich won more than 40 percent of the evangelical Christian vote in last week's South Carolina primary, easily besting Rick Santorum, long considered a social conservative favorite, in the early primary where bible-believing Christians hold the most sway.

But with attention now on Florida, evangelicals are still a major constituency. They make up 25 percent of the state. Even as they attempt to appeal to senior citizens and relocated northerners in the Sunshine state, the remaining candidates are working to convince evangelicals they will carry Christian values to the White House. But defining just what those values are is getting more complicated. 

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