Noting that over half of mainline Protestants voted (with white Catholics and white evangelicals) in a majority for Trump three times, Ryan Burge offers a graph of the Republican affiliations of mainline Protestants as compared to their clergy.

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https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-big-is-the-political-divide-between

"When ordinary Christians find anti-muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric acceptable, and when the state begins to use Christian imagery to recruit for agencies that enforce policies that have terrorized people, separated families, detained asylum seekers, and contributed to deaths in custody, it should set off alarm bells in every church.

This is not a minor matter of 'optics.' It is a theological and moral crisis."

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"Notably, 56% of Americans—including two thirds of political independents—view Trump as a “dangerous dictator.” ...

Trump’s favorability rating remains underwater. Only 40% of Americans hold a favorable view of Trump, compared to 58% who hold an unfavorable view of the president. Notably, more than twice as many Americans hold 'very unfavorable' views than hold 'very favorable' views of Trump (46% vs. 20%)."

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As polls have consistently demonstrated from 2016 through today, white Christians — not just white evangelicals, though they are the chief cheerleaders, but white Christians across the board — own the Trump presidency and its manifold crudities and cruelties, its deep corruption and immorality, it's fundamental clash with everything the Christian gospel proclaims.

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"Majorities of white Christian groups, including 72% of white evangelical Protestants, hold a favorable view of Trump; by contrast, Christians of color, members of other religions, and the religiously unaffiliated all hold mostly unfavorable views of Trump. ...

With the exception of Republicans and white Christians, most Americans reject Trump’s secretive ICE tactics and harsh immigration policies."

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"Notably, 56% of Americans—including two thirds of political independents—view Trump as a “dangerous dictator.” ...

Trump’s favorability rating remains underwater. Only 40% of Americans hold a favorable view of Trump, compared to 58% who hold an unfavorable view of the president. Notably, more than twice as many Americans hold 'very unfavorable' views than hold 'very favorable' views of Trump (46% vs. 20%)."

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PRRI has just released the results of its 16th American Values Survey. PRRI president Robert P. Jones summarizes key findings of this survey:

"Majorities of Republicans and white evangelical Protestants continue to back President Trump and many of his most extreme policies, but most other Americans hold unfavorable views of Trump and believe he has 'gone too far.'"

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https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-overreach-highlights-from