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OneBro

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8. A simple, more likely explanation . . .

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:27 PM

Nov 2018

. . . is that white evangelicals are more likely to vote as compared to others, resulting in a significantly higher percentage of white evangelicals who voted as compared to their percentage of the population.

Group A population =10 people
Group B population = 40 people
Total population = 50 people
Total number of voters = 16

If 8 people from group A vote and 8 people from group B vote, the result is similar to the situation you describe, i.e. smaller percentage of population with higher percentage of “voting power.”

In short, white evangelicals overwhelmingly supported Trump, and the idea the some people are or were only pretending to be white evangelicals for giggles is, well, laughable.

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A lot of white evangelical voters aren't evangelicals [View all] guillaumeb Nov 2018 OP

Agreed that there are good people lumped in with bad Cary Nov 2018 #1

There is a reason that white supremacists re comfortable in the GOP. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #5

You"ve got that right but it was meant as an example Cary Nov 2018 #11

Since not all people who are eligible to vote do vote, MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

Yes, but d_r Nov 2018 #10

You can almost tell what kind of Christian someone is by the political party they identify with. CrispyQ Nov 2018 #3

Understood. Well said. eom guillaumeb Nov 2018 #4

There's another explanation YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #6

I agree. One example: guillaumeb Nov 2018 #7

A simple, more likely explanation . . . OneBro Nov 2018 #8

The post also talks about how people label themselves. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #9