In the last presidential election, candidates coveted the votes of soccer moms. In this election, some news organizations say single women, gays and Hispanics will determine the outcome.

Phyllis Schlafly, founder of Eagle Forum, has a different opinion. The conservative radio commentator and prolific author believes the strategy of at least one political party is to target the four million evangelical Christians - regardless of gender - who didn't vote in the last election and get them to the polls.

"The strategy of the Bush administration is to target evangelical voters - regardless of gender. They don't think evangelical women vote too much differently than their husbands, so they are targeting evangelicals in general," said Schlafly.

"And I believe the evangelical community is going to be very supportive of George W. Bush. I believe they like George W. Bush and his wife. The question is: Will they vote? The effort of the Bush Administration is to get them to vote. I think a lot of evangelicals are non-political and are just not voting."

Schlafly also said that although neither political party made a specific effort to appeal to evangelical Christian woman voters during their conventions, she believed that it was for two very different reasons. "I don't think the Democrats have many evangelical Christians voters. And the Bush Administration's plan was to appeal to the general public."

However, she cited two crucial issues she believes should compel evangelical Christian woman to vote: pro-life causes and the proposed defense of marriage amendment to the Constitution.

Janet Parshall, host of nationally syndicated "Janet Parshall's America," agrees that these two issues should compel Christian women to vote. Further, she sees the passage or defeat of the marriage amendment as a critical step in maintaining religious freedom in the United States.

"Evangelical Christian women need to know that the day may come - and this isn't fear mongering by any stretch of the imagination because the Bible says God hasn't given us a spirit of fear - but (the marriage amendment) is an issue that will determine if pastors are able to preach the word of God declaratively if it ties back specifically to sex outside of marriage in the form of homosexuality. There are those who want that deemed a hate crime and to be punishable by imprisonment," said Parshall.