“Small Governmentism” and Evangelical Support for Trump

Ie extent and duration of white evangelical Protestant (WEP) support for Trump continues to mystify many. An earlier post summarized John Fea’s (who himself is a WEP) explanation for this support. Marcia Pally provides a somewhat different explanation. She starts her paper by noting dimensions of WEP support for Trump as found in a PRRI survey. Among WEPs, 81% of males and 71% of females voted for Trump in the presidential election as did 68% of those with a college education and 78% of those without a college degree. Since his election, WEP support for Trump has never dropped below 65%.… Read the rest