Few of the discussions of Trump and religion take note of what's plain there on your graphs: for every 10 White Evangelicals, there are 4 Black Evangelicals that take an opposite political position, though their religious beliefs are the same.
The 4:10 ratio is higher than the Black/White ratio in the general population: Evangelicalism is a much larger part of the Black community than the White community.
I don't think we see enough interviews and commentary from Black Evangelicals who are distressed by Trump's airs of religious virtue. Surely, given a platform, they would want to shame their White brethren back to a more-consistent Christian stance on secular matters.
If the faithful are guided by their "deeply held personal beliefs," then using the power of government to enforce those beliefs on the general population is hypocritical at best, and purely fascistic at worst. Then again, "Noooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Few of the discussions of Trump and religion take note of what's plain there on your graphs: for every 10 White Evangelicals, there are 4 Black Evangelicals that take an opposite political position, though their religious beliefs are the same.
The 4:10 ratio is higher than the Black/White ratio in the general population: Evangelicalism is a much larger part of the Black community than the White community.
I don't think we see enough interviews and commentary from Black Evangelicals who are distressed by Trump's airs of religious virtue. Surely, given a platform, they would want to shame their White brethren back to a more-consistent Christian stance on secular matters.
Trump's an opportunist who smelled success in the Christian evangelical air. He'll do anything to get votes, including hawking Trump bibles.
His MAGA followers are sick, pathetic people following the leader of the most dangerous cult since Nazi Germany.
Uh-oh, Trump's bible forgot to include a copy of the Second Amendment.
If the faithful are guided by their "deeply held personal beliefs," then using the power of government to enforce those beliefs on the general population is hypocritical at best, and purely fascistic at worst. Then again, "Noooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Sinister, indeed.