Three-quarters of white evangelicals approved of Trump’s early job performance

Evidence

THREE MONTHS INTO DONALD TRUMP’S presidency, three-quarters of white evangelicals approved of his job performance, nearly twice as high as his approval rating among the general public. Trump’s evangelical support was strongest among regular churchgoers. Most evangelicals appeared to be far less conflicted about their crude, egotistical, morally challenged president than many had imagined them to be. But this shouldn’t have come as a surprise. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 616

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘no hypocrisy, only continuity’ claim frames the entire book’s thesis; connects to the reader’s stated goal of explaining white evangelical Trump support as continuity. — connects to: Only white evangelicals had a majority supporting an all-refugee ban — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 651