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I think they're getting "fundamentalists" mixed up with Christians in general. While it's true that the percentage of evangelicals didn't change, that doesn't mean that the percentage of people who are identifying more closely with Christianity -- and its, uh, values -- didn't change.
I've been to a couple recent talks on religion and they all say that the US in the midst of a major religious revival right now, and that the number of people who identify with a religion (mostly Christianity but not entirely) has jumped in recent years -- but especially since 9/11, not surprisingly.
You can't make the assumption that just because the guy made gains in, say, Massachusetts, that they weren't based at least partially on religious beliefs. It's not like Massachusetts has no Christians in it.
Now, I do think that people need to take a look at the religion factor because that obviously ISN'T all that's going on, and as I've been discussing on a number of discussion boards, the point about treating Red America like idiots is a valid one. People don't want to vote for a party that condescends to them.
But religion is a major factor, one that I don't think should be overlooked or downplayed.
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