Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others

NPR  

Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others Donald Trump saw continued support from white Christians, especially white evangelicals, but a huge shift in Latino Catholics helped him as well AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Exit polls show that Donald Trump again received major support from white Christians this election. Trump also made inroads with Hispanic Catholics, and Muslim voters moved away from Democrats, likely due to the Biden-Harris administration's stance in the Israel-Hamas war. DEROSE: Well, from what we've seen, most Hispanic Catholics said they were voting for Trump due to economic reasons and not religious ones, and that's the same reason a lot of other voters moved to Trump. DEROSE: A national exit poll from CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, surveyed nearly 1,600 Muslim voters, and it found Green Party candidate Jill Stein getting 53% of the Muslim vote, with Trump at 21% and Kamala Harris at 20%.

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The ultimate answer to why Donald Trump won: White Christians
1 month, 1 week ago

The ultimate answer to why Donald Trump won: White Christians

Salon  

The Democratic Party, the mainstream news media and the political class are conducting a political autopsy of the 2024 election and how Donald Trump and the MAGA movement were able to easily triumph when the “conventional wisdom” suggested a historically close election. While the Democratic Party is trying to make sense of how Kamala Harris’ campaign can spend more than …

Opinion: Evangelical Christians’ long road to Donald Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Opinion: Evangelical Christians’ long road to Donald Trump

LA Times  

White “Bible-believing” evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump, again. We don’t yet know the precise numbers, but it appears once again that four out of five white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election last week. His campaigns were littered with racist dog whistles, especially “law and order” and “welfare queens.” He opened his 1980 general election campaign …

White evangelical voters overwhelming support Trump. Meet evangelicals for Harris
1 month, 3 weeks ago

White evangelical voters overwhelming support Trump. Meet evangelicals for Harris

NPR  

White evangelical voters overwhelming support Trump. Meet evangelicals for Harris As the election nears, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are trying to turn out religious voters. SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: So white evangelical voters overall are a shrinking part of the population, but they turn out in outsize numbers, and they reliably turn out for Republicans by and large. They're really …

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'
2 months ago

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The campaign has launched a …

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right
3 months, 1 week ago

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

The Hindu  

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for 2024, presents a concatenation of contradictions. We look at the extent of and causes for support for Mr. Trump among the Christian right, and broadly look at how the Republican party has been intertwined with religious causes. In his days as a New York businessman, Mr. Trump was pro-choice; in a 1999 interview, …

Pastor says Harris could get 'the highest level of evangelical support since Carter'
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pastor says Harris could get 'the highest level of evangelical support since Carter'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump has long been backed by evangelical Christian voters, and as of May, the Associated Press reported that the ex-president's "support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians." "A poll that my organization Vote Common Good commissioned in 2020 showed that in swing states, Trump’s lack of kindness was driving evangelical and Catholic voters away …

Trump warns supporters Democrats 'after the Catholics almost as much as they're after me'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump warns supporters Democrats 'after the Catholics almost as much as they're after me'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump invoked panic of Democratic persecution of Catholics at his speech at a Turning Point USA event in Florida on Friday. "Democrats are after the Catholics almost as much as they're after me," said Trump, while asking how many Catholics were in the crowd and registering some mild surprise at the number of attendees who cheered. President …

Why Trump is closer to the Christian evangelists than ever
5 months, 1 week ago

Why Trump is closer to the Christian evangelists than ever

The Telegraph  

Yet for all the 78-year-old’s brashness, and tendency to become embroiled in controversy, Republicans say the root of his appeal to the evangelical movement is quite simple: he delivered for its followers during his one term in office. “I fully expect Trump to get about 80 per cent of the white evangelical vote again,” says Fea. ‘It’s a mystery to …

Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November
6 months ago

Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November

LA Times  

Donald Trump told a group of evangelicals they “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines” of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to “go and vote, Christians, please!” Trump also endorsed displaying the Ten Commandments in schools and elsewhere during his speech to a group of politically influential evangelical Christians in Washington on Saturday. When Trump addressed the …

US elections: Trump to fete evangelicals who back him but want to see national abortion ban
6 months ago

US elections: Trump to fete evangelicals who back him but want to see national abortion ban

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is set to speak Saturday to a group of politically influential evangelicals who fiercely support him but would like to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee promise to do more to restrict abortion. While Trump nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who overturned a federally guaranteed right to abortion, he has argued that supporting a national …

"They’ve told me he’s Jesus": Unpacking Trump's empty pseudo-religion
9 months, 2 weeks ago

"They’ve told me he’s Jesus": Unpacking Trump's empty pseudo-religion

Salon  

Barring an unforeseen event, Donald Trump will be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. Before Trump’s rise to power, the mass media hardly paid attention to the radical white evangelicals, generating a perception among its members of media bias toward a liberal secular agenda and worldview. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's interviews with …

Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
1 year, 5 months ago

Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero

Associated Press  

For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels. “Conservative Christians continue to overwhelmingly support Donald Trump because of his biblical policies, not his personal piety,” Jeffress told The Associated Press via email. “I am certain that …

Trump relied on evangelical voters in 2016, but accused Christian leaders of 'disloyalty'. Can he count on them in 2024?
1 year, 11 months ago

Trump relied on evangelical voters in 2016, but accused Christian leaders of 'disloyalty'. Can he count on them in 2024?

Firstpost  

New Delhi: During his 2016 campaign, former US President Donald Trump relied heavily on support from evangelical voters. The next day, Trump lashed out at Jeffress and other evangelical leaders he spent years courting, accusing them of “disloyalty” and blaming them for the party’s disappointing performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Asked about Jeffress’ neutrality in the 2024 race, Trump …

Behind church doors: White evangelicals are quietly fueling Trump's Big Lie
2 years, 7 months ago

Behind church doors: White evangelicals are quietly fueling Trump's Big Lie

Salon  

"There's one thing that I know for sure," declared Gene Bailey, the pastor of Eagle Mountain Church International, before a crowd of thousands recently gathered at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma. 78% of white evangelicals agreed with the statement that "America is in danger of losing its culture and identity." RELATED: From the Pilgrims to QAnon: Christian nationalism is the …

Evangelicals still can't get enough of Trump — and it's killing their credibility: report
3 years, 1 month ago

Evangelicals still can't get enough of Trump — and it's killing their credibility: report

Raw Story  

It has been a year since President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, but his power over the evangelical movement persists, and it's eliminating their credibility, reported Christianity Today. Among evangelicals, however, one-third said that their church's support of Trump made personal witnessing more difficult. "It's somewhat of an indictment of the church that we are far more comfortable in …

Evangelicals are divided over the movement’s support for Donald Trump
3 years, 9 months ago

Evangelicals are divided over the movement’s support for Donald Trump

The Economist  

Listen to this story. Chatting after the service, Samantha Fisher, a mother of two who works in public relations, sums up the current moment: “I don’t know any more what it means to be a Christian and an American.” White evangelicals like Ms Fisher are undergoing an identity crisis that has been a long time in the making, but has …

AP VoteCast: Trump wins white evangelicals, Catholics split
4 years, 1 month ago

AP VoteCast: Trump wins white evangelicals, Catholics split

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian voters in his race for reelection, but Catholic voters split almost evenly between him and Democratic opponent Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast. Trump’s strong hold on white evangelical voters illustrates the GOP’s enduring success with a bloc of religious conservatives who have been a …

Trump: Christians form group to reduce evangelical support for the president in final weeks of reelection campaign
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump: Christians form group to reduce evangelical support for the president in final weeks of reelection campaign

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the …

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