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My beautiful ‘practicing’ Christians: As churchgoers’ numbers shrink, their social views grow more similar

  • Written by Michael Emerson, Fellow in Religion and Public Policy, Rice University

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump spoke at a gathering of conservative Protestants, imploring them to vote for him “just this time.”

In “four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,” he said.

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