Evangelical Vote

“Yes, Paxton’s record makes his candidacy unacceptable to many Christian voters…. Yet big political disagreements with a heavy moral valence—on issues like abortion, transgender issues, and immigration under the Trump administration—don’t cease to matter just because a candidate professes the same faith.” - CToday

“White Evangelicals were the strongest voting demographic for Donald Trump. Exit polls say their support increased to 82 percent from 76 percent in 2020….But this win does not necessarily evince optimism.” - National Review

“A full 27 percent of the Virginia electorate identified as white born-again or Evangelical, and that clearly means a large majority did not rank abortion first, even though this could be the most consequential election for state abortion rights in a generation” - David French

“Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson expressed to hundreds gathered for the annual Values Voter Summit Friday his passionate distaste for secular humanism and his enthusiastic support for Donald Trump for president.” CPost

“There are lots of reasons for evangelicals to dislike Trump – his multiple divorces, his casinos, his crude language and his attack on religious liberty, to name just a few.”

The North Texas Presidential Forum at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano featured Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Rick Santorum and former business CEO Carly Fiorina.

Invitations were sent out to all presidential candidates from both Democratic and Republican parties.

“Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and past caucus winners Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee addressed more than 1,000 evangelical voters at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames.”