A report on election polling shows that many of the major victories by pro-life and pro-Christian candidates on Tuesday were a result of an increased turnout by evangelical voters.

Public Opinion Strategies found that nearly 1/3 of the total voters on election day said they were conservative Christians.

Ralph Reed of the Faith & Freedom Coalition said at a press conference it was no accident the turnout of people of faith made a difference at the polls in key races.

“The [evangelical] vote was critical in 2010, it was critical in 2012 and it was critical in 2014. If you look at where the Republican Party was on election night 2008 and you look at where it is today, without a muscular turnout of evangelical voters in these kinds of margins, it just simply does not happen,” Reed said. “Joni Ernst just does not beat Bruce Braley. David Perdue does not avoid a runoff in Georgia yesterday.”

Reed said that the election results from Tuesday should show conservative Christians that their vote matters on election day.

“Conservative voters of faith were the largest constituency in the electorate in 2014,” Reed said. “Their share of the electorate exceeded that of the African-American vote, Hispanic vote, and union vote combined. Religious conservative voters and the issues they care about are here to stay. They will be equally vital in 2016. Politicians of both parties ignore this constituency at their peril.”