Trump improves in new WORLD surveyhttps://world.wng.org/2016/08/trump_improves_in_new_world_surveyEvangelical insiders are split over support of the Republican presidential nomineeJ.C. Derrick
8/25/16, 09:15 am
WASHINGTON—Only 22 percent of respondents in WORLD’s evangelical insiders survey said they backed Donald Trump in the days after he locked up the Republican nomination for president in May—but 48 percent said they would consider him if he vowed to nominate a pro-life Supreme Court justice.
It looks like they meant it.
Now that Trump has released a pro-life Supreme Court short list, 44 percent of respondents in WORLD’s latest survey say they plan to vote for the billionaire businessman in November. The showing is by far Trump’s best out of 11 surveys, although 48 percent say they still plan to write in a name or not vote at all.
The findings are part of a regular survey of 103 evangelical leaders and influencers that WORLD began in July 2015. Seventy-three participated this month. The results are not scientific or representative of all evangelicals but provide a glimpse into how some are leaning in the 2016 presidential race.
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“Voters are starting to recognize strong leadership as a mandate for this country at this time,” said [Janet] Parshall, an author and nationally syndicated radio host. “Hillary Clinton’s tattered record of ‘pay for play’ [foreign policy] and missing emails continues to call into account her judgment to lead.”
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Parshall believes Trump holdouts have a lack of knowledge about the American political system.
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