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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 08:37 PM Mar 2019

Evangelical approval of Trump remains high, but other religious groups are less supportive

More than two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, white evangelical Protestants in the United States continue to overwhelmingly support him, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data. Other religious groups, however, are more divided in their views of the president.

Roughly seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants (69%) say they approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president, according to the Center’s latest polling in January 2019. This is somewhat lower than Trump’s approval rating in the earliest days of his tenure – when about eight-in-ten white evangelicals (78%) approved of his job performance – but is in line with most polls conducted by the Center since the inauguration.



White evangelicals’ support for the president has been consistently high, and many prominent evangelical leaders, such as Jerry Falwell Jr. – the president of Liberty University – have steadfastly stood with the president.

White mainline Protestants and white Catholics are less approving of Trump’s performance than are white evangelicals, but more approving than religiously unaffiliated Americans – that is, those who identify as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular.

In most of the 11 surveys conducted by the Center since Trump’s inauguration, between 46% and 55% of white mainline Protestants have approved of the president, including 48% in the January 2019 survey. Around half of white Catholics have approved of Trump in these surveys, including 44% in January.

Religiously unaffiliated Americans consistently express among the lowest levels of approval of Trump’s performance, ranging from 17% to 27% across the polls the Center has conducted since the president assumed office. Most black protestants and nonwhite Catholics also have disapproved of the way the president handles his job.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/18/evangelical-approval-of-trump-remains-high-but-other-religious-groups-are-less-supportive/

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Evangelical approval of Trump remains high, but other religious groups are less supportive (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 OP
How??? How do they support a guy who's never even so much as OPENED a Bible? Initech Mar 2019 #1
Have you ever read the Bible? Mariana Mar 2019 #6
"To be honest, It's a bit hard to swallow" yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2019 #7
I can guarantee I have read it more than Trump has. Initech Mar 2019 #8
While that is undoubtedly true Mariana Mar 2019 #9
Who else but proud adulterer Trump who ridicules Holy Communion would republicans allow to sign thei keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #2
You can't spell evangelical without "evil" thegoose Mar 2019 #3
I know some of these thumpers, and it's amazing the knots they can twist themselves into Elwood P Dowd Mar 2019 #4
It's Because The Evangelical Bible Only Has Two Pages ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2019 #5

Initech

(100,079 posts)
1. How??? How do they support a guy who's never even so much as OPENED a Bible?
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 09:07 PM
Mar 2019

Who has cheated on his 3 wives and once did something extremely horrible with a stripper?

Who's probably never even set foot in a church?

It is absolutely mind boggling!!!

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
6. Have you ever read the Bible?
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 11:19 PM
Mar 2019

It's stuffed with stories about men who did things far, far worse than Trump's ever done, whom God favored and put into positions of worldly power.

Initech

(100,079 posts)
8. I can guarantee I have read it more than Trump has.
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 12:23 AM
Mar 2019

Although unlike Trump, I will definitely say that I do not know as much about it as he thinks he does.

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
9. While that is undoubtedly true
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 01:21 AM
Mar 2019

it doesn't change the fact that many of the "heroes" of the Bible stories were monsters, but were nevertheless favored by God. Why shouldn't Christians believe that Trump is God's own president? Remember, they believe all those stories are true.

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
2. Who else but proud adulterer Trump who ridicules Holy Communion would republicans allow to sign thei
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 09:17 PM
Mar 2019

Who else but proud adulterer Trump who ridicules Holy Communion would republicans allow to sign their Bible?

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
4. I know some of these thumpers, and it's amazing the knots they can twist themselves into
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 10:04 PM
Mar 2019

justifying their support for him.

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