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Voters who identify as evangelical Christians have long supported Donald Trump, as reported by the Associated Press. But times are changing now, and in a recent MSNBC piece, How I’ve been convincing Christians they don’t have to vote Republican, Pastor Doug Pagitt outlined how Kamala Harris may secure evangelical support and ‘break the back of the MAGA movement.’
In his op-ed, Pagitt argued that Harris may get more evangelical support than any candidate since Jimmy Carter, who received almost half of the evangelical vote in 1976, for president. Some evangelical supporters, according to the pastor, are becoming more disillusioned with Trump’s actions and ideas. According to a 2020 survey commissioned by Vote Common Good, Trump’s coldness was turning off Catholic and evangelical voters in crucial states in sufficient numbers to impact the election’s result.