More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters

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September 15, 2021

More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters

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More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters

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More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters
Among White voters who identified as evangelicals in both 2016 and 2020, Trump did even better the second time around
White Americans with warm views of Trump more likely than those with cold views to adopt an evangelical identity between 2016 and 2020
Did Trump skeptics leave evangelicalism at a higher rate? Data is inconclusive
Defections from evangelical Protestantism among non-White adults matched by those who adopted the evangelical label
Between 2016 and 2020, more White Americans began identifying as evangelical Protestants than stopped doing so

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