However, in South Carolina about a third (34 %) of self -
identified evangelicals voted for Trump, more than the 29 percent of non-evangelicals.
Not exact matches
Despite the pleas of conservative Christian leaders, large numbers of self -
identified evangelicals continue to
vote for Trump.
More than three - quarters of self -
identified white
evangelicals plan to
vote for Donald Trump in the fall (78 %).
As a wave of disappointed voters announced on Twitter that Trump's election has led them to drop the label
evangelical, den Dulk speculated that
evangelical believers who
voted for Clinton may have been less likely to
identify that way in exit polls, widening the born - again gap between the two candidates.
In South Carolina, for instance, much was made over the 34 % of self -
identified evangelicals who
voted for Trump.
More exit polling (especially in larger states) may help us see which set of self -
identified evangelicals are
voting for which candidate.
75 % of self -
identified white
evangelical couples are
voting for the same presidential candidate 6 % are
voting for different candidates
Consider this: 60 % of self -
identified evangelicals who attended a caucus tonight in Iowa
voted for a candidate who is either Roman Catholic (Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum) or Mormon (Mitt Romney).
Nevertheless, many Americans who self -
identify as religious and social conservatives, especially those in the subset of white
evangelical Protestants (a powerful
voting bloc in Republican politics), continue to cling stubbornly to the orthodoxy of climate denial.