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Area of Science:

  • Political Science
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Religious institutions' involvement in electoral politics raises concerns for democratic governance.
  • Evangelical churches in the U.S. have shown increasing engagement in political mobilization.
  • Prohibited electoral advocacy by religious institutions is a significant issue under IRS guidelines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the extent of prohibited political speech from U.S. evangelical pulpits.
  • To analyze the electoral rhythm and geographic patterns of church-based political advocacy.
  • To understand the drivers behind religious institutions' engagement in electioneering.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a large corpus of 88,546 sermons from predominantly evangelical churches.
  • Transcription of 63,683 hours of Sunday services across multiple election cycles (2020, 2022, 2024) and a control period.
  • Geographic analysis correlating advocacy with county partisan composition.

Main Results:

  • 14.7% of churches engaged in direct political advocacy or endorsements around the 2024 election.
  • Political speech peaked on the Sunday before Election Day, with 3.5% of churches mobilizing.
  • Advocacy correlated with local partisanship but lacked strategic targeting in swing vs. safe states.

Conclusions:

  • A significant portion of evangelical churches engage in prohibited electioneering, violating IRS guidelines.
  • Church political mobilization exhibits an electoral rhythm, driven by local partisan contexts.
  • The findings highlight a base mobilization strategy rather than a national electoral approach.