White evangelicals overwhelmingly back Trump, survey says

[rug]

By Lauren Markoe | 4 hours ago

(RNS) Donald Trump has been married three times, spoken lewdly about his daughter’s body and doesn’t seem to know his Bible.

Yet evangelical voters are flocking to him.

A new poll from the Pew Research Center finds that 78 percent of white evangelical voters say they would vote for Trump if the election were held today, and a third of them say they “strongly” back him.

This support does not startle the pollsters. “It’s what we’ve seen consistently in past campaigns, that white evangelical Protestants tend to lean strongly toward the Republican candidate,” said Jessica Martinez, a Pew senior researcher.

http://religionnews.com/2016/07/13/white-evangelicals-overwhelmingly-back-trump-survey-says/

[niyad]

1. which shows that they are a bunch of hypocrits

[stopbush]

2. Could it be because they're predisposed to treating make believe

like reality?

[apcalc]

3. They just love the harsh authoritarian crap....

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. One would think evangelicals would be luke-warm, at best, to ...

such an areligious character like trump ... but I guess the white part trumps the religious part.

On a related point, everytime I see trumps following, especially, among the religious crowd, I can't shake the image of the Damien Thorn character of The Omen franchise.

[rug]

5. "I guess the white part trumps the religious part."

Touché.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

7. Sad.

But we don't need 'em.

[CanonRay]

8. Clue: He is white and not a Democrat.

[Doodley]

9. Christian Values embraced by Trump. NOT!

[pansypoo53219]

10. religious nuts more gullible.faith based politics.