U.S. Vice President and Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris (AFP)
Donald Trump has long been backed by evangelical Christian voters, and as of May, the Associated Press reported that the ex-president’s “support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.”
In an op-ed published by MSNBC Sunday, Minneapolis pastor Doug Pagitt — who also heads the nonprofit organization Vote Common Good — explains how Vice President Kamala Harris can win the evangelical vote this time around – and why it’s possible.
“On the trail in 2020, 2022 and this year, I’ve gleaned the reason many evangelical and Christian voters ultimately leave Trump: his obvious lack of kindness,” Pagitt writes. “A poll that my organization Vote Common Good commissioned in 2020 showed that in swing states, Trump’s lack of kindness was driving evangelical and Catholic voters away in large enough numbers to potentially affect the outcome of the election.”