God Gap
| 13:14 UK time, Friday, 3 November 2006
On Reporting Religion this weekend, and on World Update, our coverage of the midterm elections in the US has taken an interest in the impact of evangelical Christians and their attitude to the Republicans.
I have been speaking to David Kuo, former special advisor to President Bush on faith-based initiatives, part of the compassionate conservative agenda on which Mr. Bush campaigned in 2000.
He became disillusioned with what he calls to his attempts to help the poor.
He says both main parties played to stereotypes - "Republicans were indifferent to the poor and the Democrats were allergic to faith".
It will be fascinating, amongst all the other deeply significant issues that are bound to arise from Tuesday's vote, to see whether the Democratic Party's efforts to bridge their - win over Evangelical Christians - has had any effect.
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