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Why has the press been so focused on white evangelicals?

By Filings on Mon, 03/19/18
Society & Culture
Evangelicalism
Donald Trump

“Trump isn’t president today because lots of evangelicals – for various reasons – backed him. He is president because lots of blue-collar and labor Democrats voted for him in crucial states. Many of them were white Catholics. Where is the tsunami of coverage of those crucial niches in American politics?” GetReligion

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G. N. Barkman

NewInsightful

Mon, 03/19/18

This article should help explain why many evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump. It’s not as mysterious or inconsistent as many seem to want to believe.

G. N. Barkman

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Andrew K

NewYou could provide many valid

Mon, 03/19/18

You could provide many valid responses to this question, and the author does so. But the best answer to my mind may be simply framed as follows:
“Because none of the others may be safely vilified.”

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Jay

NewThis is it

Mon, 03/19/18

In my opinion, this is the key section of that article and I think the real reason for Evangelical support:

The Last Temptation

How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory…

"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells

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Andrew K

NewThis story seems relevant. My

Mon, 03/19/18

This story seems relevant. My, how wide the cultural divide becomes…

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