The White Evangelicals Rethinking Their Politics

In the 2020 election, 84 percent of White Evangelicals voted for habitual liar, golf cheat, and serial adulterer Donald Trump because he was the GOP candidate. Astoundingly, according to a survey, many Trump supporters began identifying as evangelical during his presidency — he brought them to Jesus. At least superficially.

But some devout evangelicals, raised in conservative GOP households, say that their political views became more liberal as they immersed themselves deeper into their faith. A FiveThirtyEight video by Tony Chow.

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Grading the Pollsters

There are lots of different opinion polls. Dhrumil Mehta explains how FiveThirtyEight rates the accuracy of pollsters. Next time you read a story about poll results, check the pollster’s grade here.

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