A Brookings Institution column this year concluded this way Though President Trump is a candidate whose personal behavior has often been at odds with the values espoused by many evangelicals any potential path he has to remain in the White House after January must pass between the pews of white evangelical churches In turn Democratic Party leaders have opportunities to interrupt that passage by paying attention to evangelicals especially unaffiliated evangelicals persuadable to add their votes to the Democratic coalition In short Evangelical Christians are the key voting demographic in a national election which explains why there is so much [... more]