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That tends to cancel out the appeal this upstanding family man and former bishop would otherwise have to the party's social conservatives.

Perry has a strong record of job creation in Texas and appeals to economic and social conservatives, key voting blocs within the party.

If social conservatives were to coalesce around Mr Huckabee, that would throw the Republican primaries into utter confusion.

Yet social conservatives are only a small minority of the national electorate, so they have to pick a candidate who also appeals to others.

Palin has proven to be a very popular pick among social conservatives and among some women voters.

An evangelical Christian who balanced his state's budget has obvious appeal both to the party's social conservatives and its fiscal hawks.

Many social conservatives applaud the push for a Constitutional amendment. But others see it as purely political.

He's ahead in the national polls, but he lags in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire; and many social conservatives hate him.

Most are nationalists or social conservatives whose views hardly chime with the moderate messages pushed by David Cameron at home.

Many social conservatives applaud the push for a Constitutional amendment.

Social conservatives disapprove of his tabloid smut.

Perry has appeal to various groups in the Republican Party, including economic conservatives, Tea Party activists and social conservatives.

Social conservatives have recently argued that "abstinence until marriage builds character and self-control. "

Like Bachmann, Perry appeals to both social conservatives and Tea Party activists who want to reduce the size of the federal government.

This year, however, Mrs Bachmann will face stiff competition for the votes of fiscal and social conservatives from Mr Perry.

Sarah Palin is an appealing figure for many in the Republican Party, especially social conservatives.

John McCain's decision to pick Governor Palin as his running mate excited social conservatives at the Republican convention.

Social conservatives are clearly excited by the prospect of Sarah Palin running for president one day.

The coalition of social conservatives, defence conservatives and anti-tax conservatives "doesn't mean a whole lot to people anymore" .

And while many social conservatives favor John McCain, some, like Diana Anderson, are reconsidering.

Social conservatives think he is a closet liberal: he supports the existing laws on abortion and voted against banning gay foster parents.

Social conservatives are suspected, often with reason, of wishing to impose their values on everyone else.

In fact, Israel probably enjoys more clear-cut support for its policies among social conservatives than it does among American Jews!

Mr Thompson has assiduously courted social conservatives, who are discontented with the existing field.

Texas is not alone in seeing a legislative surge from social conservatives.

Many social conservatives believe that being gay is a choice.

He will enter the Republican race as a powerful prospect, partly because he is on firm footing with the party's social conservatives.

According to social conservatives, legal abortions are to blame for declining birth rates.

Social conservatives and the tea-party movement are still waiting for their candidate in the Republican nomination race