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Historic evangelical vote rebuffs #Never Trump leaders

By Will Hall ALEXANDRIA – In a stunning repudiation of a corps of anti-Trump evangelical leaders, evangelical voters overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, with 81 percent of white evangelicals voting for him and only 16 percent pulling the lever for Hillary Clinton. But Trump also won 58 percent of all Protestant voters and 52 percent of all Catholics. Even conservative women backed Trump, with 78 percent voting for him and only 18 percent backing Clinton. Now, a recently released study by the Family Research Council, a Christian public policy ministry based in Washington, D.C., indicates the abortion issue and concern about the political leanings of the courts were key factors in why evangelicals voted for Trump, thus rejecting #NeverTrump evangelical leaders. OUT OF TOUCH Leading up to Nov. 8, the mainstream media had used the #NeverTrump effort by a segment of the religious establishment to suggest it revealed a deep division among the evangelical faithful. The New York Times ran a headline Oct. 17, only three weeks out from the election, claiming “Donald Trump Reveals Evangelical Rifts That Could Shape Politics For Years.” In the article the flagship of the mainstream … [Read more...]