text: why are religious, right-winged conservatives gaining more power?   one reason, i believe, is because they have gotten more organized and more open in thier ways.  i know that many right-wing conservatives are connected with christian religions.  i also know that many churches in the past election handed out election materials to their congregations and some preached that it was a moral necessity to vote for the right-wing conservative.  the tv evangelists were especially strong on this, but i know people who said that even in the catholic church they preached the "rightness" of those who opposed abortion.  as a whole, the left-wing balance is not as organized.  and it has become complacent in the past (meaning they do not tend to vote as much).    i also know that, as a country, we tend to swing back and forth, like a pendelum.  so the more the right-wing conservatives gain power, the more vocal those in the opposite corner, and many in the middle ground become, and we eventually reach a pivot point where we cycle again toward the middle.  imho (in my humble opinion)