november 9, 2016 trump elected president, thanks to 4 in 5 white evangelicals 




exit polls suggest that <u+201c>never trump<u+201d> was never a likely outcome for white evangelical voters, who showed up to support   trump at their highest margin since 2004. despite reservations expressed by many evangelical and republican leaders, white born-again/evangelical christians cast their ballots for the controversial real estate mogul-turned-politician at an 81 percent to 16 percent margin over hillary clinton. evangelicals of color<u+2014>who represent 2 in 5 evangelicals, but aren<u+2019>t segmented out in most national political polls<u+2014>largely preferred clinton leading up to the election. but she ultimately underperformed among hispanics and african americans compared to president barack obama before her. <u+201c>the story here continues to be continuity in the strength of evangelical support for gop candidates, rather than greater intensity,<u+201d> said kevin den dulk, political science professor at calvin college. <u+201c>i suspect there<u+2019>s some underlying changes in polling responses that would make trump<u+2019>s evangelical support seem greater than it has in the past.<u+201d>
trump elected president, thanks to 4 in 5 white evangelicals
kaitlyn stegall