White evangelicals have dropped to 13.6% of the population (and Christian nationalists would be a tiny subset - keep in mind, tho, that there are many non-white evangelical Christians)
....The group that has declined the most is at the core of the MAGA movement, the group most devoted to Christian nationalism. “White evangelical Protestants have experienced the steepest decline. As recently as 2006, white evangelical Protestants comprised nearly one-quarter of Americans (23%). By the time of Trump’s rise to power, their numbers had dipped to 16.8%,” Jones explains. “Today, white evangelical Protestants comprise only 13.6% of Americans.”
And that decline may yet accelerate, because they skew older than the population as a whole. Put differently, there are far more baby boomers in this group than Generation Z members. White evangelicals are “losing” people with each successive generation. (“White Christian subgroups have each lost approximately half their market share just across the generations who are alive today,” according to Jones.) If your business had lost half its market share, you would be panicking, too.....
According to the 2020 census, 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were white alone. This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% share of the U.S.'s population (white alone) in 2010.
White Americans
Total population
71% (235.4 million) White (including White in combination with other races)
61.6% (204.3 million) White (one race only) [1]
great example of evangelical 'MAGA' fans not being all white:
Michael Cohen: “Trump held a meeting at Trump Tower with prominent evangelical leaders, where they laid their hands on him in prayer. Afterward, Trump allegedly said: ‘Can you believe that bullshit? Can you believe people believe that bullshit?’” pic.twitter.com/mCcOvTl2EP
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) March 20, 2023
also a reminder that not all evangelical MAGA supporters would necessarily be "Christian nationalists' and vicey versa. I think these labels in the end are all very inaccurate and slippery. Especially as far as politics is concerned,- I myself know several people who are evangelical bible thumpers and clearly liberal Democrats.
edit to add: Jimmy Carter is an evangelical Christian!
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Personally I think the photo illustration they used is quite faulty; definitely looks like an evangelical service and far from Lutheran.
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 5:29am
Woke snowflakes who've never been to church think they all look the same.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 12:41pm
hey and the boss knows it too - they changed the picture at the link to something more appropriate! kidz these days
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 2:20pm
White evangelicals have dropped to 13.6% of the population (and Christian nationalists would be a tiny subset - keep in mind, tho, that there are many non-white evangelical Christians)
from Opinion - Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic
By Jennifer Rubin @washingtonpost.com, March 19, 2023 at 7:45 a.m. EDT
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/19/2023 - 6:30pm
According to the 2020 census, 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were white alone. This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% share of the U.S.'s population (white alone) in 2010.
White Americans
Total population
71% (235.4 million) White (including White in combination with other races)
61.6% (204.3 million) White (one race only) [1]
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 03/20/2023 - 10:22am
great example of evangelical 'MAGA' fans not being all white:
also a reminder that not all evangelical MAGA supporters would necessarily be "Christian nationalists' and vicey versa. I think these labels in the end are all very inaccurate and slippery. Especially as far as politics is concerned,- I myself know several people who are evangelical bible thumpers and clearly liberal Democrats.
edit to add: Jimmy Carter is an evangelical Christian!
by artappraiser on Mon, 03/20/2023 - 8:12pm