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30 Percent of Americans Believe Trump Appointed President by God (www.rawstory.com)
submitted 10 months ago by vexikron@lemmy.zip to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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Why do so many evangelical Christians support former President Donald Trump despite his decades of documented ungodly behavior?

An in-depth report from The Economist shows that it has a simple explanation: They believe that God personally appointed him to rule the United States.

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump "was anointed by God to become president."

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Both the RawStory and The Economist articles are quite vague about what specific 2021 Pew poll they’re talking about. I’m very skeptical of this 30% number. The Economist article itself made no such claim.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

In fact, the report cites a survey conducted by Denison University political scientist Paul Djupe that around 30 percent of Americans believe Trump "was anointed by God to become president."

Not a Pew Research Poll.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/full-armor-of-god/2B21DC6F17E88C6DF7275F45A66DF104

I'll see if I can find it on open scholar or something similar.

EDIT: Here we go!

https://annas-archive.org/md5/da76eb110551fd4028c9c0a8e185f0ce

You can thank Cambridge for paywalling scientific knowledge for why the article is so hard to find.

I mean it took me about 10 minutes, but I guess most people do not know how to do research on the internet.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks!

[–] aew360@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

My mom believes it and told me at her Bible studies they all talk about how God put Trump on Earth to protect America. So there’s that. It’s mostly old ass Christians, but unfortunately for us America is mostly old ass Christians because the Baby Boomer generation was FUCKING HUGE. Hats off to the leftist Christians who actually understand Jesus’ teachings