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Puchinpappy retweeted
How much vote switching happened in 2026?
Not that much according to NORC data of 113K Americans.
Among white evangelicals who voted for Trump, only 2% voted for a Democrat in 2026.
For non-evangelical Protestants and Catholics, it was a bit higher: 6%.
Puchinpappy retweeted
Hey, so here's my hot take from the 2028 midterms.
Courtesy of an interview with the AP.
Puchinpappy retweeted
There is not a deep spiritual divide on abortion. If we had an
opportunity to vote on abortion as a stand alone item, The Black Church would vote 80% against it, if not 90%.
Keep in mind the SBC voted in favor of abortion in the ‘70s. So, abortion has not always been a battleground issue in politics or in church history. When it became an issue surrounding Roe v Wade, and the Ronald Reagan era politics of the 80s, that’s when it became a political football.
Abortion is still legal some 45 years later after Republication politicians promised that if we’d vote for them, they’d enact a constitutional ban against abortion. They lied. Republicans have been completely in majority of all three branches of government 4 times since the early eighties and have never even attempted a full throttled effort to legislate a federal constitution ban against abortion. They simply politicized the issue.
So, the White Evangelical Church and The Black Evangelical Church are not theologically and spiritually divided over the issue of abortion. Politically we know when we’re being played. And we simply refuse to allow the Republicans to play us on this issue, as they continue to play the White Evangelical Church.
Puchinpappy retweeted
Recent Texas cycles each had a regional story. In 2018, Dems surged in the suburbs and the rural wall saved Cruz. In 2020 and 2024, the RGV and South Texas lurched right.
This year, it's everywhere. All 254 counties moved left:
Puchinpappy retweeted
For those who don’t understand exit polling:
We have no data to suggest that only 17% of white evangelicals voted in 2026.
Instead, the exit samples show that white evangelicals made up 17% of the overall electorate.
White evangelicals are among the highest-propensity voters in America. It’s possible they turned out in lower numbers this year than in past elections; it’s also possible other groups turned out in higher numbers.
In either case, the notion that only 17% of white evangelicals voted—which is being used to shame pastors, churches, etc—is laughable to anyone who actually knows this stuff.
Puchinpappy retweeted
The White Evangelical Church is largely in mourning, grief, and grave disappointment at the outcome of the midterm elections.
The Black Evangelical Church is shouting, as one leader texted me, “God did his thang”. The Black Evangelical Church is largely thrilled, elated, excited, thankful, and feel as if the outcome of the election will result in major and desperately needed change for the good in America.
My life’s journey had caused me to spend considerable time in both worlds. Our theological and spiritual belief systems are the same. Currently, our politics are so different.
I see two reasons why the two are so politically divided at the moment: 1) Different view and feelings regarding Trump. 2) Our different backgrounds and racial experiences.
What say ye? Why is the evangelical church so divided over politics currently?
Puchinpappy retweeted
This election appears to be a rebuke to the Christian Nationalists position that a you can’t be a Christian and vote Democrat.
