Notably, Trump's favorability
among white evangelicals never reached 50 percent during the 2016 primary season.
By the early fall of 2016, however, his favorability
among white evangelicals had jumped to 61 percent.
Abortion ranks low
among white evangelicals» top election concerns (% saying each issue is «very important» in deciding who to vote for):
Among white evangelicals planning to vote for Clinton: 35 % said their vote was for Clinton 59 % said their vote was against Trump
Support for Trump
among white evangelicals tends to exacerbate the trends among Americans overall, with regular churchgoers, men, and older demographics more likely to skew Republican.
«This suggests that the pull of partisan loyalty was strongest
among white evangelicals compared to other religious groups.»
Among white evangelicals voters — one of Trump's strongest demographics — one in five (20 %) graded the president - elect's conduct during the campaign at an A, while a plurality (31 %) gave him a B, according to new Pew Research Center data provided to CT..
«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater
among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.
Among white evangelicals who voted in the election, only one - third (31 %) said they were «very satisfied» with the options for president, while 27 percent were «fairly satisfied.»
Among white evangelicals, Democrats won just 20 - percent of the vote, less even than in 2004, when that group flocked to the polls to support George W. Bush, an evangelical who took religious outreach to new levels.
The opinion becomes stronger
among white evangelicals who attend church weekly, 88 percent of whom said employers should be able to refuse services.
In swing state Ohio, exit polls showed that Obama got 30 % support
among white evangelicals.
An analysis of Pew's data suggests that only half of Francis's fans
among white evangelicals agree with him that global warming is occuring and is a serious problem, and only one - third agree that it is caused by humans.
Perkins's remarks reflect a wider trend
among white evangelicals (81 percent of whom voted for Trump in the 2016 election): Many choose to disregard Trump's decidedly debauched, decades - old public persona to focus on his anti-LBGTQ and anti-abortion stances.
Obama's margin of victory was much smaller than in 2008 when he defeated John McCain by a 53 % to 46 % margin, and he lost ground
among white evangelical Protestants and white Catholics.
The latest polls by NBC and CNN show Trump still solidly leading Ted Cruz
among white evangelical voters at large.
Among white evangelical voters, 39 percent believe Trump's leadership will improve race relations, while 21 percent believe it will worsen them.
Among white evangelical weekly church attenders planning to vote for Clinton: 25 % support her strongly 75 % support her not strongly [Pew Research Center # 8]
Among white evangelical Protestants, 69 % say it's better for children if a parent is at home to focus on the family, and 26 % say children are just as well off when their parents work outside the home.
Not exact matches
Evangelical leaders continues to support Trump amid the Stormy Daniels allegations, with
White among them.
Among nonwhite Christians and
white evangelicals, 40 % and 38 % said yes, respectively; 29 % of Catholics and 19 % of
white mainline Protestants also responded that God plays a role.
White evangelicals were slightly less firm on whether transgender people should be required to use the public restroom of their birth gender (69 %), though again, the opinion was stronger
among weekly church attendees (76 %).
Among Republican voters, white evangelicals were actually among Trump's greatest skep
Among Republican voters,
white evangelicals were actually
among Trump's greatest skep
among Trump's greatest skeptics.
Repeated studies have shown that there is a greater incidence of child molestation and incest
among southern
white evangelical christians than in any other group that participated in the study.
Black Gospel found a limited — and mostly secular — audience
among white listeners, but southern
white Gospel was routinely panned as vulgar,» «hillbilly» and «western» style music, even by conservative
evangelicals in the North.
In recent decades,
white evangelicals — and yes, that's a statistically identifiable voting bloc and I'm using it as such in this article — have been
among the most consistent supporters of the Republican Party.
Her
evangelical ties:
White is
among America's most well - known prosperity gospel preachers.
Among voters who attend services at least monthly, only 16 percent of
white evangelicals, 22 percent of Catholics, and 5 percent of
white mainline Protestants said that their churches provided information on voting, the election, or specific candidates this year.
Meanwhile, more than a quarter of
white evangelical voters gave him a failing grade of a D or F. Trump's overall campaign grade is the lowest
among any presidential candidate — winning or losing — since Pew began collecting data in 1988.
Furthermore, most of the growth is
among non-Anglos, and
white evangelicals are a more negative story.
Self - identified
white evangelicals, who lean Republican, showed the strongest support
among faith groups for the travel ban, with a 76 percent approval rate in a Pew Research Center survey released last week.
Half of
white evangelicals also believe that there is a «great deal» or «fair amount» of support for extremism
among Muslims living in the US.
About two - thirds of
white evangelicals said they don't believe Islam is a part of mainstream America; a whopping 72 percent said, «There is a natural conflict between Islam and democracy; 38 percent believe that «half or more U.S. Muslims are anti-American»; 51 percent believe there is a «great deal / fair amount of extremism
among U.S. Muslims»; 63 percent said «Islam encourages violence more than other faiths.»
Half of
white evangelicals believe there is a «great deal» or «fair amount» of extremism
among US Muslims.
While
white evangelicals overall are
among the biggest backers of Trump's efforts to restrict and better screen refugees, prominent
evangelical leaders and institutions have consistently championed compassion toward refugees.
45 % of
white evangelical Trump supporters are voting FOR Trump 51 % are voting AGAINST Clinton [Note: This matches the split
among Trump supporters overall.]
The poll also identified characteristics
among evangelicals which correspond to other characteristics already noted as significant in distinguishing the religious television audience from the non-audience: the typical U.S.
evangelical was characterized as a
white female Southerner, aged 50 or over, with a high - school education and a modest income.
This is in contrast with
white, non-Hispanic
evangelical Protestant registered voters,
among whom a solid majority supports Romney (74 %).