The West Wing

Evangelicals

Religious Prayer Mobilization and Political Constituency Pressure

Description

C.J. cites 600,000 Evangelicals who placed her on their '365 in Media' prayer list, praying for her as a figure doomed to eternal damnation due to the Rooker nomination scandal. This group functions as a mobilized religious constituency that tracks media personalities, exerts moral pressure through public prayer campaigns, and draws White House attention as a source of political and cultural opposition during crises. No leadership or structure appears; they operate as a diffuse demographic force influencing perceptions of administration figures.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events
S4E5 · Debate Camp
Rooker Withdrawn — Political Fallout and C.J.'s Moral Alarm

Evangelicals are implicated as the constituency praying against C.J. and, by extension, the administration; their mobilization is presented as both symbolic and politically consequential, evidenced by the '600,000' figure C.J. cites.

Active Representation

Represented indirectly via the prayer card and C.J.'s report that they are praying for her—a diffuse but active constituency.

Power Dynamics

A significant external bloc whose moral judgments can translate into electoral consequences; they stand in tension with the administration's coalition.

Institutional Impact

Their moral framing complicates damage control and threatens erosion of necessary electoral coalitions, making political recovery both tactical and cultural.

Organizational Goals
Express moral opposition to perceived cultural immorality. Influence public opinion and apply pressure on political figures. Hold media and public figures accountable to evangelical moral standards.
Influence Mechanisms
Collective prayer campaigns and moral messaging. Mobilization of voters and public opinion within key constituencies. Media amplification through sympathetic outlets and networks.
S4E5 · Debate Camp
Leo Pulls the Plug — Responsibility Bounced Up to the President

Evangelicals are cited as a constituency whose prayer list includes C.J.; their mention quantifies part of the political fallout and indicates a demographic whose support (or hostility) materially affects the administration's standing.

Active Representation

Referenced by C.J. as a demographic bloc that has publicly reacted to the controversy.

Power Dynamics

A politically influential demographic whose displeasure can materially affect electoral prospects, though they operate outside formal levers of power.

Institutional Impact

Their disapproval deepens the political cost of the Rooker affair and signals erosion in key constituency support.

Internal Dynamics

Loose coalition with strong moral messaging; not centrally coordinated in the scene.

Organizational Goals
To register moral condemnation of perceived cultural adversaries To mobilize their base to resist or pressure the administration
Influence Mechanisms
Public moral framing and grassroots mobilization Electoral influence through voting blocs and endorsements

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

6 events
S2E8
Sam's Voiceover: America's Faith-Liberty Origins

Over a majestic overhead shot of the White House at night, Sam Seaborn's voiceover opens the scene, tracing America's birth 'well over three and a …

S2E8
Bartlet Tests Jhin-Wei's Faith with Biblical Shibboleth

In the Oval Office, President Bartlet confronts Chinese refugee Jhin-Wei, a chemistry professor and evangelical, with a shibboleth test from Judges 12 to verify authentic …

S2E8
Leo Urgently Warns Bartlet of China Diplomatic Backlash

In a tense Oval Office confrontation following Bartlet's shibboleth test affirming the evangelicals' faith, Chief of Staff Leo McGarry delivers a stark warning about the …

S2E8
Wednesday Aerial Establishing Shot Over the White House

An overhead aerial shot glides over the iconic White House on a clear Wednesday morning, the word 'WEDNESDAY' superimposed to anchor the timeline mid-week before …

S2E8
Bartlet Devises 'Shibboleth' Test to Probe Refugee Faith

Following Charlie's knife gift, Josh and Sam brief President Bartlet on China's diplomatic pushback and INS warnings of coached faith claims among the evangelicals, urging …

S2E8
C.J. Dispatches Press to Rose Garden Briefing

Emerging into the hectic White House hallway amid the Chinese evangelicals crisis, Press Secretary C.J. Cregg spots aide Carol and issues a terse, authoritative order: …