Evangelicals list top issues facing the US: survey

Christian Post ^ | April 23, 2024 | Ryan Foley

[Morgana]

"A majority of those surveyed (56%) cited immigration as one of the three most important issues facing the U.S., while 33% of respondents listed “America’s sovereignty.” Abortion (32%), federal spending (30%) and religious freedom (24%) rounded out the top five issues most frequently identified as things federal leaders must address."

[NWFree]

I must be more evangelical than I thought

[Scrambler Bob]

which is based on 633 responses to a questionnaire sent to “friends and supporters of Coral Ridge Ministries” on an annual basis.
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I would like to know how any questionaires were sent out.

So then, what is the % responses?

I might claim a bias, only the rich could afford stamps to send, only the white privilege oould read and answer the questions, etc.

[grcuster]

Yet no mention how this nation has turned away from GOD and has decided to follow the ways of man.

[ansel12]

Trump’s most solid voting base.

[Terry L Smith]

An individual citizen’s right to worship as they themselves see fit, is none of my business.

Any attempt by another citizen, to cajole, address, emphasize or examine, with the desired outcome being to gather that individual into another form of worship, foreign to his own, is trampling upon that person’s freedom.

[aspasia]

Friends of CRM excludes the evangelicals from the BGC.

[Migraine]

“excludes the evangelicals from the BGC”

Bad Girls Club?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Trump’s most solid voting base.

How many percent of likely voters are Evangelical?

[rktman]

Butt, butt, butt.....climate discombobulation and stuff... 😊👍

[ansel12]

White Evangelicals about a quarter of voters, Latino about 11%, of union households about 18% of black about 11% so about 40% in 2022.

What percentage of your group votes for Trump?

[ealgeone]

Yet no mention how this nation has turned away from GOD and has decided to follow the ways of man.

THIS IS THE ISSUE.

[aspasia]

Baptist General Conference

[grcuster]

People do have free will by GOD, but Christians also have a call to share the gospel to the non-believers so they might be saved.

Romans 10:14-15

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: What percentage of your group votes for Trump?

If your figures are correct, then, you have your answer.

[ansel12]

Those figures came from a quick search and there are probably variations from poll to poll, but as we get closer to the election I will probably try and get things more locked down.

There are a lot of anti-conservatism and anti-Christian posters here who see themselves as Trump’s base and being something new that is getting rid of their hated conservatives, older voters and Evangelical voters, it is some sort of a populist/rino/libertarian overthrow of conservatism, older Americans, national defense supporters,
“puritans”, and ending the Republican party type thing.

In reality the Trump voters are pretty much the same conservatives and Christians it always is fighting against the left.

[daniel1212]

Coral Ridge Ministries (CRM) released its 2024 Spiritual State of the Nation Survey last week, which is based on 633 responses to a questionnaire sent to “friends and supporters of Coral Ridge Ministries” on an annual basis.

Far too limited in scope. “friends and supporters of Coral Ridge Ministries” is far from being a representative sample of all evangelicals.

Other issues viewed as most critical facing Congress and the next administration by smaller shares of respondents include: national security (21%), the economy (19%), a growth in socialist views (14%), the protection of traditional values (14%), trans rights (14%), healthcare (13%), the racial divide (13%), the advance of radical Islam (11%) and education (6%).

That the LGBTQ+ movement is not listed as equal to abortion is absurd.

Additional questions related to schools and education revealed strong opposition to sex education that includes information about homosexuality (89%), allowing students to “choose” their pronouns without parental consent (90%) and sex education that teaches about “transgender exploration and surgery” (92%).

But that extends to all society.

[daniel1212]

Any attempt by another citizen, to cajole, address, emphasize or examine, with the desired outcome being to gather that individual into another form of worship, foreign to his own, is trampling upon that person’s freedom.

So you never attempt to influence another citizen to examine their beliefs and persuade them to aligns with yours - including that no citizen should ever attempt to influence another citizen to examine their beliefs and persuade them to aligns with theirs? Just what do you engage in on FR?

Or is this only restricted to religion and the free exercise thereof?

And that is your definition of freedom?

Truth is exclusive by nature, and one cannot contend for any Truth without opposing conflicting ones.

[daniel1212]

How many percent of likely voters are Evangelical?

While white evangelicals or born-again Christians make up a relatively small percentage of the population at just 14.5%, they account for a larger share of the electorate. In 2020, white evangelicals or born-again Christians made up 28% of voters, down slightly from 31% in 2021. They also voted overwhelmingly Republican. - https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/white-evangelicals-key-votes-republicans/

White born-again or evangelical Christians made up 24 percent of the electorate in the 2022 elections, according to the media consortium exit poll conducted for CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS. Black (11 percent) and Latino (11 percent) voters and those from a union household (18 percent) combined to constitute 40 percent of the vote.

White evangelicals made up 20 percent of the electorate in 2022, according to the second exit poll, while Black (11 percent), Hispanic (10 percent) and union members (11 percent) combined for 32 percent of the electorate. Adding in voters in a union household, that coalition ticked up 38 percent — nearly double the white evangelical vote. - https://rollcall.com/2023/06/28/be-skeptical-of-the-wave-of-evangelical-voters/

Relevant:

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/party-identification-among-religious-groups-and-religiously-unaffiliated-voters/

The AP VoteCast survey shows that 81% of White evangelical Protestant voters went for Trump this year, compared with 18% who voted for Biden. The Edison exit polls estimate that 76% of White evangelicals voted for Trump, 24% for Biden. - https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx

Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org › ... › Protestantism Aug 30, 2021 — More than eight-in-ten White evangelical Protestant voters who attend religious services frequently (85%) voted for Trump in the most recent

Why Evangelicals Went All In on Trump, Again Time Magazine https://time.com › Ideas › politics Jan 24, 2024 — Among white evangelical voters who identified as Republican, 53% said they would vote for Trump while 31% favored DeSantis. Less than 1% said they would vote for Joe Biden.

[Migraine]

Thanks. I was familiar w/ SBC, but not BGC.