Trump FB Post: Trump +61 with white evangelicals

[DC Al Fine]

It's not about who's most religious in this case. It's about how much the evangelicals hate Hillary. Also, not all evangelicals are very religious weekly churchgoers anymore. Some of them just keep the label. In the republican primary, Trump was often slightly leading Cruz among evangelicals despite seeming like a terrible fit for religious people. Interestingly, Trump does do worse with weekly church goers than those who go monthly or yearly which makes sense considering his despicable character in direct conflict with many Christian principles.

Indeed. There is actually evidence that there are more 'cultural Evangelicals' in America than 'cultural Catholics' despite the latter being a much more common trope.

[DC Al Fine]

I'm proudly one of the 78%. Trump isn't as bad as portrayed and Ive come to realize he will be infinitely better than Hillary Clinton.

LOL As he's portrayed...three wives, five children, multiple infidelities - that's just the facts from his personal life, never mind actual facts from his professional life...but please, after this election evangelicals have no standing when it comes to "values voting" in my eyes...

As if Clinton is a picture of morality.

You know, Clinton actually attends church, receives guidance from Jesuit priests, has an understanding of faith and an appreciation for religion. But yeah, Mr. Two Corinthians is your guy - like I said, evangelicals lost all standing in my eyes when they sold out their convictions for political expediency. At least the Mormons are conflicted and in crisis. And the Catholics are abandoning ship en masse...but the evangelicals, oh boy do they love them some Trump.

You do realize that Clinton is pushing for mandatory direct public funding of baby-murder when you say that, right??

At least I know where Hillary stands when it comes to baby-murder. Do you know in your evangelical heart what Trump believes?

I have little doubt that, in his heart, Trump is pro-choice.  Like Bush 41, Romney, Reagan, Bush 43, and McCain.

All of these guys, however, were willing to play the role of being pro-lifers, and advocated policies that were restrictive to the extent that they were allowed to be.  They could be counted on to act pro-life while in office, at least when they didn't have to expend political capital to do so.  They would appoint Federal Judges who were willing to, at a minimum, not expand the reach of Roe v. Wade.  They could be counted on to do so because the folks to whom this was important voted for them in large numbers and made up a significant bloc of support.

See that's the thing, I doubt that Trump would even 'sell out' to the pro-life cause to the extent other nominees did.

The chief argument for socons to vote for Trump is that he will appoint pro-life judges, particularly to the Supreme Court. I just don't trust him to do that. Frankly, its far too easy in my mind to see him compromising and appointing a pro-business, socially liberal justice to the Supreme Court to avoid a Democratic filibuster.

If I lived in the USA, I'd be torn between voting 3rd party and staying home as both major candidates are manifestly unacceptable to Evangelical values.