White Evangelicals were the strongest voting demographic for Donald Trump. Exit polls say their support increased to 82 percent from 76 percent in 2020. White Evangelicals also decreased from 28 percent of the electorate in 2020 to 23 percent in 2024.
But this win does not necessarily evince optimism.
Before the election, a prominent North Carolina preacher tweeted (on X):
One argument for voting for Trump is that he will give the church four years to prepare for a completely secular and hostile world. He will keep the wolves at bay, as far as religious freedom is concerned, so that the church can pray and preach for a new reformation and revival.
Continue reading at National Review here (there is a paywall).
Comment by Wilson R. on December 9, 2024 at 12:08 pm
I ran into a paywall, so the link to the National Review website isn’t particularly helpful.
Comment by Gary Bebop on December 9, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Evangelicals tend to be “flighty” and peculiar in their relations with political powers. After all, we are the shirttails of Protestant reformers. More to the point, we are contrarians rather than collaborators. Our suspicions of secular state powers have never abated. Rather, radical lurches left by the administrative state have exacerbated these suspicions. That fact influences our participation. Plus, there is our belief that all agency is under the judgment of God. We laud our allies prudentially, not unequivocally. We seek to avoid the appearance of idolatry.