Posted on 04/28/2017 2:00:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump's widespread support among white evangelicals is holding steady as he approaches his 100th day in office, and their backing is nearly double his approval rating among the general public, a new Pew Research Center analysis finds.
The analysis is consistent with other recent surveys that have shown voters who backed Trump in November are still fervently behind him. But Pew's data is notable because Trump is a relative newcomer to the evangelical community, a critical voting bloc that helped power his underdog victory.
Eight in 10 white evangelicals who attend church at least once a month approve of how the President is leading the country, the analysis finds, a number consistent with the 77% that Pew found backed him in the months before Election Day. CNN exit polls found 80% of white evangelicals backed Trump during the general election.
Recent national polls have found Trump's approval rating hovering around 40%.
Pew's findings, released Wednesday, also found white evangelicals who attend church less regularly back Trump at 71%.
Although Trump, a self-described Presbyterian Protestant, is attracting headlines for approaching his 100th day in office without a cornerstone legislative achievement, he has delivered on many of the campaign promises that helped him attract white evangelicals to his campaign....
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Like it is a shock?
It’s almost like the media, GOPe, and NeverTrump are having a hard time as BS’ing his supporters.
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