No recent Republican has won the presidency without the help of evangelical Christian voters, according to NOW on PBS “God and Politics 2008.” Sen. John McCain has been busy reaching out to evangelicals over the last month, preparing a plan for getting them to turn out to vote in 18 battleground states this fall, according to The New York Times, “Evanglicals Are Still Wary Despite McCain’s Outreach.”

More on the Evangelical Vote:

NOW on PBS Burning Questions: What is the power and political purpose of evangelical voters?

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: Kim Lawton, Evangelicals Up for Grabs

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: America’s Evangelicals, 2004, a profile.