Former President Donald Trump leads in national public polling of evangelicals, but a focus group in Iowa highlighted a few cracks in his base.

Former President Donald Trump leads in national public polling of evangelicals, but a focus group in Iowa highlighted a few cracks in his base.

  • fiat_lux@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t be so complacent. There are a number of evangelicals trying to outbreed the rest of population as a protective measure and domination effort.

    The “Quiverfull” movement is just one name. The Institute in Basic Life Principles is another one that has spread internationally, Generation Joshua led to the likes of Madison Cawthorn.

    Shiny Happy People was a very good recent documentary on Amazon Prime about the Duggar family that is well worth watching if you can tolerate the stories of child abuse, sexual and otherwise.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      Those groups are pretty gross even before taking the child abuse aspects into consideration. I don’t think they’ll be able to bone their way out of the change in attitudes toward religion, the numbers aren’t on their side (yet) and relying on future generations to stay in the movement seems like a losing proposition. Still a cause for concern though and membership should automatically put them on a watchlist with Child Protective Services or its local equivalent.