Portsmouth Herald
RAN 2/15/96, Pg. A5
By Steve Haberman 
Herald Staff
   PORTSMOUTH - An analysis of the results of the Iowa caucuses showed
political commentator Pat Buchanan was boosted into second place by the votes
of those who identified themselves as Christian conservatives.
   However, a local Christian Coalition representative doubts that group will
have same impact during the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
   ``As for my membership, they range from those who support (radio
personality Alan) Keyes to (Texas Sen. Phil) Gramm to Buchanan,'' said Dale
Smith, director of the Christian Coalition of Strafford County. ``The
Christian Coalition in New Hampshire is not pushing one candidate; it is
laying out the issues and seeing how the candidates 
match up.''
   The Voter News Service - a consortium of the Associated Press, ABC, CBS,
CNN, and NBC - surveyed more than 2,000 voters as they headed into Iowa's
precinct caucuses. The service reported that 63 percent of those who voted
for Buchanan classified themselves as Christian conservatives.
   Thirty-five percent of those who voted in Iowa on Monday put themselves in
that category. Buchanan got 42 percent of that total, 19 percent went to
Dole, 14 percent to Keyes, and 11 percent to Gramm.
   Smith said the nature of the Christian conservatives in New Hampshire
differs from those in Iowa.
   ``We're not exactly the same demographic makeup,'' he said, noting that
most of Iowa consists of rural farm communities where the church is the
center of religious and social activities.
   However, People for the American Way President Tom Andrews said he
believes the impact of the Christian right on politics in Iowa could have
far-reaching consequences.
   ``The legacy of the Iowa caucuses will be a simple one: the religious
political extremists ran the show,'' Andrews said. ``The candidates in Iowa
embraced the agenda of the right, even though the majority of Americans
reject that agenda.''
   The Associated Press contributed to this story.