Thursday, September 19, 2024

Poll: Trump Support from Evangelical Pastors Slips

Former President Donald Trump has lost some support from evangelical pastors, according to a new poll.

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... Evangelical Christians are a key voter bloc for Republicans, whose support for culturally right-wing policies like opposition to legal abortion and LGBTQ+ rights have long drawn socially conservative, highly religious voters. High turnout among white evangelical voters would be key to a Trump victory in November, but his relationship with the bloc has faced some tension, as his positions on some of these social issues have at times been less rigid than those of other conservatives.

A new poll from Lifeway Research revealed how his support among Christian pastors has changed since 2020.

While an overwhelming majority of evangelical pastors still say they are backing Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, in November, the survey revealed that his support among this group has dropped compared to four years earlier. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 01:41 AM

My view...

At this point in a campaign, a candidate should be looking to be increasing support among core constituencies, not losing support from them.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 01:43 AM

"Evangelical pastors" is a political term. If their support for Trump is slipping this means that they are doubting he can win, not because they've suddenly discovered he is a bad man.

They knew from the beginning that Trump is a very, very bad man.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-18 07:57 AM

It's time to tax churches that want to violate their tax exempt status by engaging in politics.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-18 10:09 AM

Perhaps they finally given up on caring if they lose some members.

#5 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-18 11:25 AM

Related...

These evangelicals are voting their values -- by backing Kamala Harris
apnews.com

... When the Rev. Lee Scott publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president during the Evangelicals for Harris Zoom call on Aug. 14, the Presbyterian pastor and farmer said he was taking a risk.

"The easy thing for us to do this year would be to keep our heads down, go to the ballot box, keep our vote secret and go about our business," Scott told the group, which garnered roughly 3,200 viewers according to organizers. "But at this time, I just can't do that."

Scott lives in Butler, Pennsylvania, the same town where a would-be assassin shot former President Donald Trump in July. Scott told The Associated Press that the attack and its impact on his community pushed him to speak out against Trump and the "vitriol" and "acceptable violence" he normalized in politics. ...

"I am tired of watching meanness, bigotry and recreational cruelty be the worldly witness of our faith," Scott said on the call. ...

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#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 01:53 PM

How ANY evangelical preacher (or their congragations) could support Trump is baffling.

He's everything their Christ said not to be.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 02:21 PM

@#7 ... How ANY evangelical preacher (or their congragations) could support Trump is baffling. ...

Yeah, that is a bit baffling.

Is it just another indication that the Evangelical right has become more of a political organization that a religious one?

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 03:00 PM

Eight years to figure out that Trump is closer to an antichrist than a Christian.

#9 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2024-09-19 03:22 PM

-7%.
Not much of a difference.
"American Evangelical Christianity" is a sick joke, a con or rube to get money, political power, and to acquire lots of property.

#10 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-09-19 05:28 PM

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