Biden writes op-ed for The Christian Post, attempts to appeal to religious voters
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« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2020, 05:21:24 PM »

This is a mistake. It will backfire.


There's no time left for it to backfire. If remaining voters are 2:1 Trump supporters, there's no reason Biden shouldn't try to peel away as many members of Trump supporting demographics.
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« Reply #26 on: November 01, 2020, 05:25:13 PM »

It's a nice sentiment, but I doubt it moves many voters. Coming from an evangelical background, there is a definite, permanent animosity towards the left that I just can't see an article moving. These people would most likely just accuse him of putting on a show for votes, imo.

Exactly. Part of why Trump appealed to certain Evangelicals even early on—like Sarah Huckabee Sanders—was that there was no pretense. A few embarrassing stunts excepted, Trump did not seek to portray himself as a born-again believer. What he promised to do was 'protect' conservative Christians and to elevate their faith and causes in the public sphere. He was a very imperfect messenger indeed, but he promised to go to bat for the Christian conservatives in a way that even members of the in-group (GWB) had refused to do in the past. Not even GWB attended a March for Life rally ...
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