I don't really know as far as politicians go. I'm referring more to the average Evangelical who votes red mainly over social issues. But yeah, the religious part of the GOP seems to have less power than it's had at any time since 1980. Trump wouldn't have gotten the nomination in 2016 had the Evangelicals been in the driver's seat of the party, but even then Trump felt the need to choose Pence as his running mate to shore up his support with them. If he does end up running again he won't have to worry about Evangelical support this time around, especially if the reports are correct about Roe vs Wade getting overturned. For all the shit they got for backing Trump it looks like it's about to pay off, and I'm genuinely happy for them even though I don't really care much about the issue.
Neither do I and that's one of the reasons I don't think he would have gotten the nomination had the Evangelicals been the only ones voting in the primaries. But he ended up appointing justices who are on the right side of the issue from a Constitutional perspective at least (or in Kavanaugh's case willing to engage in some well timed payback).
I don't really know as far as politicians go. I'm referring more to the average Evangelical who votes red mainly over social issues. But yeah, the religious part of the GOP seems to have less power than it's had at any time since 1980. Trump wouldn't have gotten the nomination in 2016 had the Evangelicals been in the driver's seat of the party, but even then Trump felt the need to choose Pence as his running mate to shore up his support with them. If he does end up running again he won't have to worry about Evangelical support this time around, especially if the reports are correct about Roe vs Wade getting overturned. For all the shit they got for backing Trump it looks like it's about to pay off, and I'm genuinely happy for them even though I don't really care much about the issue.
Trump will 100% cede to states’ rights on the abortion issue.
Neither do I and that's one of the reasons I don't think he would have gotten the nomination had the Evangelicals been the only ones voting in the primaries. But he ended up appointing justices who are on the right side of the issue from a Constitutional perspective at least (or in Kavanaugh's case willing to engage in some well timed payback).