Last month, Pew Research Center found that President Donald Trump had a 69 percent approval rating among white evangelical Protestants, compared to around 40 percent with the entire nation.
When the Republicans nominated the thrice-married serial philanderer with precious little knowledge of the Bible, some pundits took this as a sign of the weakness of the Christian right as a voting bloc within the Republican Party. If they could not stop what appeared to be their nightmare candidate, how much clout could they possibly have?
It turns out they have quite a bit of clout, considering they are currently the largest, most cohesive constituency in a party that cannot afford many defections or abstentions. CONT.
Marty Cohen (James Madison U.), Mischiefs of Faction