Trump couldn't have made it to the White House without white evangelical Christians. He courted this faith group throughout his campaign, promising pro-life Supreme Court justices and religious freedom protections.
"I think that he understood that his best and likely only chance to win the nomination and ultimately the presidency was to compete for and win the support of voters of faith," Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, told Politico.
Trump's religious outreach paid off in a big way: 8 in 10 white evangelicals voted for the president-elect, according to national exit polls.
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