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White evangelicals love Trump. Religious voters? Not so much.
CNN ^ | Updated 10:20 AM ET, Wed January 1, 2020 | Harry Enten

Posted on 01/01/2020 8:57:08 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

(CNN) Much has been made of President Donald Trump's strong standing with voters on the religious right, especially after a Christianity Today editorial called for Trump to be impeached and removed from office. The editorial generated a lot of press because Trump won white born-again evangelicals with more than 75% of the vote in 2016 and his approval rating with them remains at 75% in CNN/SSRS polling taken in the middle of last year.

Figures such as these, however, can often obscure as much as they reveal. Trump's standing with all religious voters -- and, in particular, nonwhite religious voters -- is considerably weaker than it is among white evangelicals.

Heading into the 2020 general election, Trump can certainly count on the strong backing of white born-again evangelicals. If he loses, however, it'll be in part because his approval rating is only in the low 40s among those who attend religious services at least once a week and are not white born-again evangelicals. Even when we concentrate on born-again evangelicals, there are plenty of nonwhite Americans. In fact, nearly 40% of born-again evangelicals nationwide are not white. This includes nearly 20% who are African American. (In a Democratic primary, the majority of born-again evangelicals are nonwhite.)

Simply put, Trump's not popular with nonwhite born-again evangelical voters. His approval rating with them was a mere 29% in an average of April and May CNN polls. Among African American born-again evangelicals, Trump's average approval rating was just 7%. These figures are pretty much unchanged from the percentage of these groups who voted for Trump in 2016, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES). When you combine white and nonwhite born-again evangelicals, Trump currently has an approval rating in the high 50s. That's certainly higher than his overall approval rating in the...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

STFU CNN, what the hell would anybody at CNN know about it?


41 posted on 01/01/2020 11:25:08 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lefties are full bore trying to break off Christians.


42 posted on 01/01/2020 11:28:17 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: dead

LOL! And dead on...


43 posted on 01/01/2020 11:44:23 AM PST by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: Fiddlstix

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44 posted on 01/01/2020 12:05:32 PM PST by the_daug
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
White evangelicals love Trump. Religious voters? Not so much.

Yeah, cause everyone knows the largest block of ethnicity is what? White voters...

CNN news should come with ten days supply of CIPRO.

45 posted on 01/01/2020 1:03:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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46 posted on 01/01/2020 2:56:06 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jmaroneps37; SkyPilot; null and void

47 posted on 01/01/2020 3:08:09 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not so CNN! We love him too!


48 posted on 01/01/2020 3:08:34 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: timestax

missed ya on the pings


49 posted on 01/01/2020 3:09:23 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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50 posted on 01/01/2020 3:15:03 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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