Moral Majority

====1988====
1988 was the last presidential election for which the Moral Majority was an active organization. With Reagan having reached his two-term limit, the Republican nomination was open to a variety of primary contenders. The evangelical minister and televangelist [[Pat Robertson]] sought the Republican nomination and would have been, at first glance, a natural choice for the Moral Majority's support. Although Robertson's political platforms were extremely similar to the ones the Moral Majority supported, Falwell gave his organization's endorsement to contender [[George H. W. Bush]] instead. Falwell's decision highlighted the rivalry between Falwell and Robertson as televangelists but also revealed the deep-seated tension that still persisted between competing evangelical traditions – Falwell's [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]] tradition was at odds with Robertson's [[Charismatic Christianity|charismatic]] tradition.<ref>Wilcox, Clyde (1992). ''God's Warriors'', p. xv. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. {{ISBN|0-8018-4263-8}}</ref>