Nearly 80 percent of white evangelicals plan to vote for Mr. Trump, according to summer polling.
Why? Are they dupes or hypocrites?
The answer is neither. Conservative evangelicals are fully aware of Mr. Trump’s flaws, but they are supporting him anyway because they believe his election is the only way they can regain control of the Supreme Court. At this moment, control of the court is worth more to them than any other political goal. Nothing that Mr. Trump now says or does is likely to shake their support, because their endorsement was never based on any faith in Mr. Trump’s own character or agenda, but primarily on his promise to nominate conservative Supreme Court justices.
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