Polls Find Evangelicals Stopped Caring About Moral Politicians After Trump’s Election

[Apocalypto]

Evangelicals voted for trump because he was brought to us by God.

https://twitter.com/godsprophecynow/status/1121165557699473408?s=21

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@Jezcoe

Least surprising news of the year.

Headline after Trump

“ Evangelicals find morality in their candidates to be top priority”

I’ll also add that there’s a subset of evangelicals who were never religious and only practice on Sundays. They have used religion as a way to segregate their kids from the kids they didn’t want them to be around.

I’ve watched it happen in my own community. I even see some of them, after their kids graduate and go to college, go back to their old nasty ways.

It’s just a mask that’s worn for a while to accomplish a goal.

[FloridaYankee]

@CaughtInTheMiddle

@Jezcoe

Least surprising news of the year.

Headline after Trump

“ Evangelicals find morality in their candidates to be top priority”

I’ll also add that there’s a subset of evangelicals who were never religious and only practice on Sundays. They have used religion as a way to segregate their kids from the kids they didn’t want them to be around.

I’ve watched it happen in my own community. I even see some of them, after their kids graduate and go to college, go back to their old nasty ways.

It’s just a mask that’s worn for a while to accomplish a goal.

Exactly what Trump did.

[wonderingrover]

That particular line has always sickened me.

[Forcefield]

My parents are super conservative, super evangelical, very pragmatic, sweet people. I love them not only as parents but as human beings, they’re the real deal.

They voted libertarian and were diametrically opposed to Trump. But it’s only taken two years of slowly getting back into conservative radio for my dad to toss all of that out the window. He’s fully indoctrinated for Trump now. It’s hugely disappointing but we do not talk about it.

[tnt]

@WuWei

I find it interesting anyone would look for morality in a politician.

the conservative movement pioneered this notion during the clinton years.

Our host’s career was made by his fervent preaching of this ideal during the Clinton years. It literally made hi the start he is today.

[mobulis]

@WuWei

@Ex-Pat

Yeah, some people think politicians have the ability to change how society behaves.

If you really think about it, the Religious right has spectacularly failed in the past forty years despite having a lot of political power.

Church attendance is down. Homosexuality is more accepted than it has ever been. Pornography has exploded and is obviously a passion for conservatives’ current favorite politician.

Good post. A lot of people think they can “create” a culture.

That’s because you can.

[Phaedrus]

@mobulis

@WuWei

@Ex-Pat

Yeah, some people think politicians have the ability to change how society behaves.

If you really think about it, the Religious right has spectacularly failed in the past forty years despite having a lot of political power.

Church attendance is down. Homosexuality is more accepted than it has ever been. Pornography has exploded and is obviously a passion for conservatives’ current favorite politician.

Good post. A lot of people think they can “create” a culture.

That’s because you can.

I think Trump is more a case of tapping into and attempting to legitimize an existing culture.

[WuWei]

@FloridaYankee

@WuWei

@Ex-Pat

Typically someone who believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Ah so. Thank you.

I find it interesting anyone would look for morality in a politician.

Quite a few republicans have crowed about it in the past, making it a no brainer to bring up the hypocrisy attacks. It works too, as far as scoring political points in the media goes. Somehow that is supposed to equate to more votes. I suppose it does among the unwashed masses of undecideds.

So have dems. And very loudly of late.

[FloridaYankee]

@WuWei

@FloridaYankee

@WuWei

@Ex-Pat

Typically someone who believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Ah so. Thank you.

I find it interesting anyone would look for morality in a politician.

Quite a few republicans have crowed about it in the past, making it a no brainer to bring up the hypocrisy attacks. It works too, as far as scoring political points in the media goes. Somehow that is supposed to equate to more votes. I suppose it does among the unwashed masses of undecideds.

So have dems. And very loudly of late.

Well yeah, they aren’t accustomed to having some measure of moral high ground LOL.

[Blackwolf]

@tnt

the conservative movement pioneered this notion during the clinton years.

I’m thinking even further back than that - say, Falwell’s formation of the Moral Majority. After that a politician needed heavy Christian/moral cred to win any support from evangelicals.

Clinton just served as a convenient flash point to rally the troops around. Now? It’s all about “I voted for the policy, not the man.” It’ll stay that way until Donald’s out of office, then they’ll go right back to donning sackcloth and ashes over the moral decline of America and how we need godly leaders to deliver us unto the Promised Land.

[Konssurvative1]

There had to be a poll??? Really???

[Konssurvative1]

Right?

[Forcefield]

It’s just too funny. The moral majority. Lindsay Graham and Gingrich pounding their fists about “if the president will lie about this then we cannot trust him in general. If he’d betray his wife he might betray America”. Focus on the family. The family research council. “Family values”. I grew up in the thick of that ■■■■■ My parents were all in. My church was allll in. Family this, family that.

5 seconds of Trump fever and that’s all out the window. Huh? What? We never demanded our politicians be moral as long as they get the job done”. What a ■■■■■■ load that was.

[Apocalypto]

I remember when being divorced was a no-go if you were to run for President.

[CanadianJudo]

The religious right never really cared about morality in politics to begin with.

[WuWei]

@Blackwolf

@tnt

the conservative movement pioneered this notion during the clinton years.

I’m thinking even further back than that - say, Falwell’s formation of the Moral Majority. After that a politician needed heavy Christian/moral cred to win any support from evangelicals.

Clinton just served as a convenient flash point to rally the troops around. Now? It’s all about “I voted for the policy, not the man.” It’ll stay that way until Donald’s out of office, then they’ll go right back to donning sackcloth and ashes over the moral decline of America and how we need godly leaders to deliver us unto the Promised Land.

What will you go back to?

[WuWei]

@CanadianJudo

The religious right never really cared about morality in politics to begin with.

Are you a member of the religious right?

[Blackwolf]

@WuWei

What will you go back to?

I’ll stay right where I’m at, tyvm.

[WuWei]

@Blackwolf

@WuWei

What will you go back to?

I’ll stay right where I’m at, tyvm.

You won’t go back to “it was only sex”?

What has Trump done immoral since he took office? Lie? They all do that.