RELIGION AND
POLITICS
White Evangelicals’
Support for trump Has a Soft Underbelly
Remember what Jesus said about the church at Sardis and
the one at Laodicea?
Nearly half of the
conservative Christian group would prefer anyone but trump in 2020, or refused
to answer
White evangelical
Protestants played a key role in handing trump the presidency in 2016,
voting for him at a rate that eclipsed previous Republican standard-bearers
despite the perceived moral failings that would seemingly repel self-described
“values voters.”
And while data has
shown the key voting bloc continuing its alliance with trump during his
two-plus years in office, a new Morning Consult poll
and analysis suggest support may not be as solid as it initially appears.
55% of white
evangelicals prefer trump at the top of the ticket, 16 points
lower than the share of Republicans who say the same.
42% of the
conservative Christian group said they’ll have less influence in 10 years than
they do now, while 23% said they’ll have more.
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