Husser, an associate professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll, draws data from a recent survey by the Elon Poll for the column.
In a new column for the Brookings Institute, Jason Husser, associate professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll, uses insights from a recent survey by the poll to explain why President Donald Trump is reliant upon the support of white evangelicals.
In the column for the institute’s FixGov blog, Husser notes that during the past four decades, Republican presidential candidates have benefitted from the support of white evangelical Christian voters. Drawing from a survey of North Carolina voters conducted in February, Husser concludes that the electoral group will remain a crucial element for the president’s re-election effort this year.
“Though President Trump is a candidate whose personal behavior has often been at odds with the values espoused by many evangelicals, any potential path he has to remain in the White House after January 20, 2021, must pass between the pews of white evangelical churches,” Husser argues.
Read the entire column here.