On Tuesday, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed Donald Trump. A NBC news poll released that same day found that Trump was the preferred choice of a plurality of evangelical voters nationwide.
At first glance, Trump should be doing poorly among evangelical voters. He has no obvious track record of churchgoing, piety, or evangelical beliefs. He has no track record of supporting causes near and dear to many evangelicals, such as the sanctity of life, opposition to same-sex marriage, or religious freedom. Most evangelicals describe themselves as politically conservative, and Trump has no track record of supporting conservative political causes in general.
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