Strong support for Trump among white evangelicals, exit polls show

Exit polls for the US elections show that over three-quarters of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump.

While Trump picked up 76% of the white evangelical vote, 23% chose Democratic contender Joe Biden - a noticeable increase from the 16% who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. 

The figures from Edison Research for the National Election Pool also represent a fall in white evangelical support for Trump this time round, down from 81% four years ago. 

It's also slightly lower than the 78% Mitt Romney achieved in 2012. 

A separate survey of 800 voters was carried out on Election Day by Public Opinion Strategies for the Faith and Freedom Coalition.  It found that 81% of self-identified evangelicals voted for Trump, while only 14% backed Biden. 

Tim Head, executive director of Faith and Freedom Coalition, said: "Republicans cannot win without these voters, and Democrats continue to suffer for failing to appeal in a substantive way to these voters of faith."

Votes are still being counted in the closely fought election race, with both Trump and Biden saying they are on course to win. 

Trump's team is challenging vote counts in the key states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Biden will be the next president if he wins in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. 

Southern Baptist theologian Russell Moore, writing for The Gospel Coalition, said division was here to stay regardless of who wins. 

"The divisions in the country are real, and aren't going away, regardless of who is ultimately certified as the electoral winner this year. Narrative closure is not what this election could, or should have been expected to do," he said. 

News
The groundbreaking BBC series that brought Jesus to TV screens
The groundbreaking BBC series that brought Jesus to TV screens

Seventy years ago, in February 1956, the BBC aired the mini-series “Jesus of Nazareth”, which was the first filming of the life of Jesus to be created for television. This is the story …

Christians mobilised to oppose extreme abortion law changes
Christians mobilised to oppose extreme abortion law changes

Christians are being asked to urge peers to support amendments tabled by Baronesses Monckton and Stroud.

Thousands of Christians return to churches in north-east Nigeria despite years of terror
Thousands of Christians return to churches in north-east Nigeria despite years of terror

The faithful are returning “in their thousands, not hundreds” despite more than a decade of brutal violence.

Trump is '100 per cent' more spiritual after assassination attempt, says pastor friend
Trump is '100 per cent' more spiritual after assassination attempt, says pastor friend

Trump's pastor and friend Mark Burns said the US President knows "the hand of God' was on him when he survived the 2024 assassination attempt.