The enduring myth of ‘Christians in name only’ – By Kelsey Dallas (Deseret News) / May 4, 2024
Pew Research Center says only 4% of U.S. adults fit the label ‘nonreligious Christian’
Eight years after polls began highlighting Christian support for then-candidate Donald Trump, this question still comes up, especially in more liberal circles:
Are the Christians who vote for Trump, a twice-divorced man who engages in name-calling more often than he quotes the Bible, actually religious — or do they just describe themselves that way?
Greg Smith, associate director of research at Pew Research Center, can answer that question in one of two ways.
He can highlight polling showing that Christians who support Trump are just as religiously observant — if not more so — than Christians who don’t.
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