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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:05 AM Jun 2018

Racial Fear Is Key to Trump's Support Among Evangelicals

June 20, 2018 at 8:35 am EDTBy Taegan Goddard48 Comments

Janelle Wong: “My research indicates white evangelical conservatism correlates strongly with their perceptions anti-white discrimination, even after taking into account economic status, party, age and region. Fully 50 percent of white evangelical respondents to our 2016 survey reported feeling they face discrimination that’s comparable to, or even higher than, the discrimination they believe Muslim Americans face. Those who hold this perception are more likely to hold conservative attitudes on issues as wide-ranging as climate change, tax policy and health-care reform.”

“Here’s what is not behind these beliefs: economic anxiety. Like PRRI and political scientist Diana Mutz, I find economic anxiety isn’t a primary reason for supporting Trump. Rather, white evangelicals fear losing racial status. White evangelicals’ perceptions they’re the targets of discrimination – more so than other groups — influence far more than simply their votes for Trump.”

“Yes, 80 percent of white evangelicals supported Donald Trump in 2016. And the racial fears and anxieties that underlie their support for the president will probably remain the driver in their political views long after he leaves office.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/20/racial-fear-is-key-to-trumps-support-among-evangelicals/

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Racial Fear Is Key to Trump's Support Among Evangelicals (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP

Everyone should drop the "Christian" from their name forevermore. nt Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #1

Evilgelical Cretins lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #9

Didn't the KKK claim to be Evangelical thbobby Jun 2018 #2

Yes. Claimed that quite prominently. JHB Jun 2018 #8

Race and religion are inseparable MountCleaners Jun 2018 #3

Yes -- but in racist believers ONLY. Racism and secularism Hortensis Jun 2018 #6

How do the right wing evangelicals MountCleaners Jun 2018 #10

How do evangelical liberals and minorities fighting Hortensis Jun 2018 #11

So evangelicals, long known for their homophobia, are racist, too? Who would have guessed? LonePirate Jun 2018 #4

Yeah, shocking, huh? hatrack Jun 2018 #7

its not fear..its called "racism"... beachbum bob Jun 2018 #5

Help help.. nycbos Jun 2018 #12

Absolutely. Racism is the number 1 driver of Trump support, evangelical or not. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #13

Trek4Truth

(515 posts)

1. Everyone should drop the "Christian" from their name forevermore. nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:05 AM

Jun 2018

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

9. Evilgelical Cretins

Reply to Trek4Truth (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:46 AM

Jun 2018

may they burn in their hell for all eternity.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)

2. Didn't the KKK claim to be Evangelical

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:10 AM

Jun 2018

or Christian? Same racist assholes cloaking their racial hatred with Jesus.

JHB

(37,163 posts)

8. Yes. Claimed that quite prominently.

Reply to thbobby (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:45 AM

Jun 2018

Styled themselves as the protectors of Christian culture against foreign religions like Jewdaism and Catholicism (and yes, in their view Catholics aren't "real" Christians).

Posed under "Jesus Saves" banners, made a burning cross their symbol, etc.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)

3. Race and religion are inseparable

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:12 AM

Jun 2018

I think the problem is twofold, but that race and religion are inseparable. White evangelicals believe that their god tells them that it is his will that Trump be President. If you believe that, then you believe that black and Latino Christians are wrong in their belief. You must believe that a different god is speaking to them. So their religious beliefs are inherently racist.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

6. Yes -- but in racist believers ONLY. Racism and secularism

Reply to MountCleaners (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:32 AM

Jun 2018

are also inseparable -- in racist nonbelievers ONLY.

Many religious leaders have been very important in our fight for equality, and of course all those who share their beliefs. It couldn't happen without the contributions of large numbers of people of faith.

Hillary Clinton is a devout Methodist and has always believed in and worked for equality. She couldn't be more different from Jeff Sessions, who also claims to act for Methodists and is currently being denounced by his own church leadership.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)

10. How do the right wing evangelicals

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:52 AM

Jun 2018

...reconcile their beliefs with the fact that many, if not most, of their opponents are also Christian. Barack Obama was a church-going Christian. Yet according to their beliefs, he is evil. So their religious beliefs are racist.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

11. How do evangelical liberals and minorities fighting

Reply to MountCleaners (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:14 AM

Jun 2018

for equality reconcile their religious beliefs with their commitment to equality?

Some on this thread are talking about apples and rotten potatoes as if there is no difference. Beginning with profoundly delusional or even frankly dishonest premises wouldn't exactly lead to wise conclusions, would it?

Btw, reportedly more and more black evangelicals (and white) have been leaving some integrated evangelical denominations. But they're denouncing the rise of bigotry in these congregations and their leaders, not their own evangelical beliefs.