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E-PrinceThough evangelical Christians are often seen as an insular voting block, several religion scholars argued that voters in that category are actually less radical and more open-minded than academia and the press make them out to be. The roundtable discussion ...(back to the article)
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"Evangelists" voting, says the GWU prof? Not sure if that means Matthew, Mark, Luke or John....
I think your headline is misleading. The panelists seemed to be arguing that although religious voters are concerned with what are typically seen to be "left" issues, they are not shifting to the left with their votes, nor do they view themselves as liberalizing. The panelists gave the example of caring about poverty, but favoring traditionally conservative ways of approaching this problem (charity etc.).
You even acknowledge this fact yourself in the article: "Because the new Evangelical political agenda encompasses conservative and liberal views, it cannot be categorized on the Right or the Left, they said."