When you go to the voting booth, you can guess with near-certainty how most American evangelicals are going to vote, but you would be mistaken in thinking that all evangelicals share the same motivation in voting.
America is currently home to two different kinds of evangelical Christians: one is a group rooted in a historical tradition; the other is a voting bloc with an unhealthy approach to politics. There are many similarities between the two, but the former is more interested in spreading the gospel than influencing public policy, while the latter seeks primarily to change public policy to create a better country for Christian citizens.
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