Mark Silk of Religion News Service interprets the exit polls:
- White evangelicals voted for Republicans. (Surprise!)
- Protestants constituted less than half of the electorate for the first time in U.S. history
- Catholics were split, but they leaned Democratic. This may be because of the Latino vote.
- Trump’s support of Israel did not sway Jewish voters. In fact, their support for Democratic candidates doubled
- “Nones” voted Democratic
Silk concludes: “The bottom line, as moving parts of the American religious system continue their recent trends, is clear: Republicans beware.”
Read the entire piece here.
Hello, John. Greetings from Australia. I appreciate your blog posts and tweets, as well as your excellent “Believe Me” book, which I have recently read. Keep speaking the truth!
There’s a type in this current post. You wrote, “Catholics were split, but they learned Democratic.” I assume it should read “leaned Democratic”, but perhaps both versions work!
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Thanks! Corrected
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