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To: epicure who wrote (317234)11/8/2016 11:32:43 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540948
 
Because evangelicals are so ... I don't even know what word to use to describe them.

FARAI CHIDEYA 11:24 PM

Evangelical voters are potentially among the strongest demographic groups for Trump, and they help explain why he is doing unexpectedly well tonight. Trump’s margin among evangelical white Christians is 81-16 percent, according to exit poll results. That appears to be the widest margin for a Republican presidential candidate among evangelicals since 2004.

In Georgia, for example, preliminary exit polls show that Trump won 88 percent of white evangelical voters, compared with 6 percent for Clinton. The demographic makes up a third of the state’s voters. They are anticipated to be 20 percent of Florida’s voters.

During the primaries, many evangelical voters had questions about Trump’s values, but the demographic group consolidated around his candidacybecause of issues like abortion and appointments to the Supreme Court.