White evangelicals’ approval of how Trump is handling his job slipped 6 percentage points, from 78% in April to 72%, in June, Pew reported in a survey published Tuesday. The percentage of white evangelicals who “very strongly” approved of Trump’s performance dropped 8 points during the same period, from 67% to 59%. Regardless of this dip, white evangelicals are still by far the religious group that is most supportive of Trump’s performance. In 2016, 77% of white evangelicals voted for Trump and 16% voted for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to Pew’s postelection survey of validated voters. The rise and fall of Trump’s approval among white evangelicals mimicked that trend.

Source: Huffington Post July 01, 2020 10:52 UTC