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all, Rev. Jesse Jackson also represents a mix of religion and poli tics, though with different content from both areas. And these two former presidential candidates together simply signify the most obvious of the mixing that goes on between religion and politics in all candidates for public office. Overtly religious pres idents are not new; one need only bring to mind names like James Garfield (a preacher), Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wil son, and, more recently, Jimmy Carter to recognize that religion and politics have been cohabitants of the White House long before the 1980s.1