In Iowa and beyond, evangelical Christian voters follow their party more than their faith

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "Think about all the political, social, and cultural upheavals that we've seen over the last 15 years.
51% : He believes that voters are tired of the political, social and economic chaos and polarization of recent years and would like to see some stability in the nation's leadership.
49% : The Florida governor trails Trump by more than 35 percentage points, according to FiveThirtyEight.
46% : "Those promises would eventually be cinched by Trump, who as president delivered the Supreme Court conservative majority that spelled the end of Roe v. Wade, long an evangelical goal.
40% : "Brent Leatherwood, president of the ERLC, the public policy entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, suspects that Trump will win the Iowa caucuses and go on to win the Republican nomination, setting up "a replay" of the 2020 election.
39% : Trump, a twice-divorced reality TV star, shared few of their beliefs, and they bridled at his caustic rhetoric.
36% : "A lot of pastors are publicly saying nothing or giving tacit approval of Trump, and then going home to their wives and saying, 'This is stupid.
36% : Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, "needs to get DeSantis out of this race," said Wear.
33% : Burge speculated that many evangelical leaders treat Trump as some mainstream Republicans in Congress do: back him in public, afraid of the consequences of opposing him, while griping about him behind the scenes.
29% : In a recent op-ed for the Des Moines Register, Vander Plaats argued that while Trump is a friend, his candidacy is doomed.
29% : "While Trump could very well win the primary, the system and the sheer number of Trump haters will never allow him to win the presidency," he wrote.
29% : Christian leaders who oppose Trump on ethical grounds now often find themselves exiled from fellow believers who more than ever want to vote for their man, not their spirituality.

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