agreed
Posted on 09/28/2024 9:25:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Voters who hold Evangelical Christian beliefs are nearly twice as likely to support Republican Donald Trump as Democrat Kamala Harris, according to a newly released poll by Lifeway Research.
The study found that 61% of likely Evangelical voters plan to vote for Trump, while 31% intend to support Harris. The remaining 8% either plan to vote for a third-party candidate or are undecided.
In contrast, among respondents who did not identify as Evangelical, 47% expressed support for Harris, compared to 38% for Trump.
The poll also found that Christian voters who attend church at least once a month were more likely to support Trump, with 49% backing the former president and 41% supporting the current vice president.
The data was collected from an online survey of 1,200 Americans conducted between Aug. 14 and 30, with a margin of error of ±3.3%. An Evangelical was defined in the study as a respondent who agreed with four key theological statements about the Bible, evangelism, and salvation through Christ.
Lifeway noted that these findings are similar to the 2020 election, when 61% of Evangelicals supported Trump compared to 29% for Democrat Joe Biden.
“Evangelical beliefs are theological in nature,” said Lifeway Research Executive Director Scott McConnell. “Biblical views can influence what a person wants for society and what they think is the best way to get there, but choosing a presidential candidate is not something all people with Evangelical beliefs agree on."
Earlier this month, a separate Lifeway poll found that Protestant pastors were also twice as likely to support Trump over Harris, with 50% backing Trump and 24% supporting Harris, while 23% remained undecided.
According to exit polls from the 2020 U.S. presidential election, approximately 52% of Catholic voters supported Joe Biden.
The Catholic Bishops have some convincing to do for 2024, especially with abortion ( particularly women) and LGBT lifestyles so prominent in the culture.
Hard to support one of Satan’s henchpersons.
I don’t understand how any Christian can support or vote for any democrat at this point.
I don’t understand how any Christian can support or vote for any democrat at this point.
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Yes. It should be like 3% instead of 30%!
Lots of woke churches, flying rainbow flags and kneeling to BLM.
The most disgusting people I know are Jew hating Catholic democrats, AND any other democrat that goes to any church. Democrats are chaos and corruption thru and thru.
Not an Evangelical if you support Harris. Not at all.
An Evangelical was defined in the study as a respondent who agreed with four key theological statements about the Bible, evangelism, and salvation through Christ.
The Bible is the highest authority for what I believe
• It is very important for me personally to encourage non-Christians to trust Jesus Christ as their Savior
• Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is the only sacrifice that could remove the penalty of my sin
• Only those who trust in Jesus Christ alone as their Savior receive God’s free gift of eternal salvation - https://research.lifeway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Lifeway-Americans-Aug-2024-Presidential-Election-Report.pdf
How about also, "I have experienced profound basic changes in my heart and life as a result of repentance and faith in the risen Lord Jesus to save me, a sinner, on His account, by His sinless shed blood."
In the past:
So essentially 31% of people who think they are Christians really are not Christians.
Nowadays, anyone can call himself an evangelical.
People keep talking about Christians voting conservative- many many people who consider themselves Christians vote liberal- I will never understand that, but sadly many do.
Could be because a large portion of the so-called "main stream" religions have gone WOKE and lost their way, that former adherents have been cast aside.
“Voters who hold Evangelical Christian beliefs”
I guess it comes down to how we define these beliefs.
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