Echoing Republican split, evangelicals divide over Trump

Published March 06, 2016

The list of prominent evangelicals denouncing Donald Trump is growing, but is anyone in the flock listening?

The bloc of voters powering him through the Republican contests is significantly weighted with white born-again Christians.

Trump's rise is forcing the GOP establishment to confront how it lost touch with so many conservative voters.

At the same time, top evangelicals are wondering what's drawn so many Christians to a twice-divorced, profane casino magnate with a muddled record on abortion and gay marriage.

Trump's won the support of one-third of self-identified born-again Christians across the dozen or so states that've held GOP contests and where exit polls were conducted.

In eight primaries, he's won more evangelicals than Ted Cruz, a Southern Baptist who's made appeals to conservative Christians the core of his campaign.

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