Sentences with phrase «higher evangelical support»

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And a Public Religion Research Institute study from last month found that white evangelical support for Trump is at an all - time high.

And polling shows that white mainline and evangelical Protestants continue to support Trump even with the Stormy Daniels news, and do so at higher levels than other religious groups.

There continues to be an eager media narrative that evangelicals are at the heart of the Trump movement, and the high profile support of notable evangelicals like Ben Carson, and Jerry Falwell Jr. only contribute to this perspective.

Among evangelicals who attend church regularly, only 31 per cent supported Donald Trump while those who rarely attend church, the evangelicals - in - name - only, favoured Trump at much higher rates.

While there are plenty of legitimate policy reasons that evangelicals might support Governor Romney, their willingness to overlook their desire for a coreligionist candidate may also have at least something to do with the fact that 24 % of them — higher than any other religious group — believe Obama is a Muslim, and even more are unaware (or unconvinced?)

Members of evangelical churches have a higher commitment than do main liners to support special ministries, media ministries in particular.

There has been much handwringing in the evangelical world over the seemingly high levels of support for Donald Trump among self - proclaimed evangelical voters in Republican primaries.

The more involved white evangelicals are with their churches, the more likely they voted for Trump, with women who attend church more than once a week showing slightly higher level of support (87.5 %) than men (85 %).

While public support for abortion remains at a 20 - year high (57 %, according to Pew Research Center), 70 percent of white evangelicals and 40 percent of women overall believe it should be illegal.

So powerful was this surge that Bush's support among fundamentalists and evangelicals hit 84 percent — the highest ever for a Republican presidential nominee.