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Related: About this forumEvangelicals Rally to Trump, Religious ‘Nones’ Back Clinton
http://www.pewforum.org/2016/07/13/evangelicals-rally-to-trump-religious-nones-back-clinton/Meanwhile, religiously unaffiliated voters those who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular are lining up behind Hillary Clinton over Trump, much as they supported Barack Obama over Romney in 2012. Two-thirds of religiously unaffiliated registered voters say they would vote for Clinton if the election were held today, just as two-thirds intended to vote for Obama at a similar point in the 2012 campaign.2 Religious nones are, however, somewhat less enthusiastic about Clintons candidacy (26% now strongly support her) than they were about Obama in June 2012 (37%).
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This shift also reflects changes in the religious composition of the country. Compared with those who identify with a religion, the religiously unaffiliated segment of the population is both less desirous of a pious president and growing very rapidly. The growth of the religious nones also has contributed to a decline in the share of Americans who say they think churches and other houses of worship contribute significantly to solving important social problems.
Far fewer nones (38%) than Protestants (65%) or Catholics (63%) say churches and other houses of worship contribute a great deal or some to solving important social problems. Nonetheless, all of these groups have seen declines in the shares who hold this view in recent years.
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)It takes a lot more than faith to believe there's a single Christian value in Donald Trump.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)We must be thinking of different Christian values.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)1. Those outlined in the Buy-bull, and
2. Those values that are heavily influenced by secular/enlightenment values that Xians adopt for themselves, ignoring the conflicting set of "values" that actually exists in the Buy-bull.
One could argue that the prejudicial, bigoted, racist and misogynistic "values" being advanced by the Rs are very much what one finds in the Buy-bull.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Only Christians are good people, and everyone else is bad?
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)And if these fundies weren't phonies as well,
we'd see a lot more neighbor lovin'.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Obviously.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Southern Baptists would never vote for a Mormon or a Catholic. The supposed "evangelicals" supporting Trump all have one thing in common - money is not bad
LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,851 posts)The Mormon factor was a big deal to many evangelicals. Trump is about as religious as my couch, but they would rather have someone who pays lip service to their ideals than a fairly devout Mormom. Says a lot about them.
Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 17, 2016, 05:25 AM - Edit history (1)
And had two or three wives.
He became a filthy rich billionaire, by trumpeting his own name everywhere.
Isn't that something Jesus told us to do somewhere?
(Irony here).