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Sunday, April 21st, 2019

Highly Religious, White Protestants Firm in Support for Trump

Author:     FRANK NEWPORT
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     APRIL 9, 2019
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Stephan:   You will remember the research report I ran the other day about the correlation between damage to the prefrontal cortex and fundamentalist religiosity. And I noted that when you add that to low IQ you get the Trump base. As this Gallup survey shows, this group worships Trump above the teachings of their Lord.

Trump and his Fundamentalist minions

One of the fascinating aspects of Donald Trump’s presidency so far has been the stability of his support among Americans. His overall approval rating has varied little over his first 2 1/4 years in office. And, significantly, his approval rating has varied little among one of the most important segments of his base — highly religious, white Protestants.

Support for Trump among this group (an approximation of what are sometimes called evangelicals) has been high and rock steady during the Trump presidency so far. White, highly religious Protestants gave Trump an average 67% approval rating in Gallup surveys conducted in 2017, and an average 69% approval in both 2018 and in the first quarter of 2019.

The president’s overall ratings in 2017, 2018 and the first quarter of 2019 — using the same polls from which the evangelical job approval ratings are calculated — have been 40%, 41% and 40%, respectively. Given this overall stability, our default expectations are that Trump’s ratings would be equally stable among subgroups, as has been […]

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