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Evangelicals are strongly mobilized and determined to use politics in order to convert the American society to their traditional values. This is an important element to understand the conservative revolution the American society has been undergoing over the past three decades. This movement is however diverse and submitted to tensions between ???purists??? and ???pragmatists??? who seek political office and between ???libertarians??? and religious and moral conservatives who try to impose their values to all the citizens. President George Bush has been using the evangelical movement for electoral purpose with some limitations due to the increasing gap with the public opinion on the issue of ???familial values???. The voting power of the evangelicals should not be underestimated yet the ???moral revolution??? has so far not happened and recent events have increased the questioning and the fragmentation of the coalition in power.