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EPISODE · May 22, 2020 · 24 MIN

Is COVID-19 Changing Evangelical Support for Trump?

from The Jim Wallis Podcast

Robert P. Jones the CEO and Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (https://www.prri.org/staff/robert-p-jones-ph-d/) and a leading scholar and commentator on religion, culture, and politics speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis on the impact and the importance of polling in the Presidential Election season and the impact of COVID-19 on the perceptions of people of faith.Jones says, "We've been able to see really as the pandemic has progressed and as Trump has shifted his responses is that he reached a peak of support in March. Now for Trump, peak support is actually just under 50%, 49%. But that was the highest favorability rating we had ever recorded for President Trump...but we saw this really remarkable drop across groups."PRRI reports, "Currently, two-thirds (66%) of white evangelical Protestants, nearly half (48%) of white Catholics, and 44% of white mainline Protestants hold a favorable view of Trump, a significant decline from their March 2020 ratings (77%, 60%, and 62%, respectively)." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Robbie Jones the CEO and Founder of PRRI speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis on the impact and the importance of polling in the Presidential Election season and the impact of COVID-19 on the perceptions of people of faith.

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