White American evangelicals have long feared that their best days are behind them. Now that 81 per cent have voted for Donald Trump despite his campaign fuelled by racism, xenophobia, sexism, and pathological lying, they may have ensured the destruction of their own movement. Ironically, by voting for Trump, many white evangelicals hoped that a vote for Trump would ensure their movement's survival.
A brief survey of evangelical priorities, especially among my fellow white evangelicals, can help explain both their intentions behind voting for Trump and why this was a flawed move in both the short and long term.
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