Preliminary exit poll data suggests white evangelical Christians, who have long been among President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters, showed up strongly for Republican House candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.
Seventy-five percent of white respondents who identified as “born-again” or evangelical Christians voted for Republican House candidates, according to exit poll data presented by NBC.
A woman votes from a booth as her child plays with a cellphone below inside the gymnasium at the Barack Obama Prep Academy on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles. (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN via Getty Images)
Overall, an estimated 56 percent of respondents of all races who identified as Protestant or as another non-Catholic branch of Christianity voted Republican. Catholics were more divided, with 50 percent voting Democratic and 49 percent voting Republican.
Seventy-nine percent of Jewish respondents voted Democratic. About 73 percent of respondents who identified as “something else” voted for Democrats, along with 70 percent of those who said they had no specific religious tradition.
It’s important to note that these statistics about white evangelicals’ support for the Republican party do not accurately measure the voting patterns of evangelicals of color, who tendtoleanmore progressive than their co-religionists on issues of social justice, race and immigration.
Voters fill out their ballots at the Old Stone School polling location in Hillsboro, Virginia, on Nov. 6. (Photo: Bill Clark via Getty Images)
NBC and several other national news networks rely on exit polling conducted by Edison Research for data on how Americans voted. However, there have been long-standing concerns about the accuracy of these exit polls, especially after they suggested incorrectly early on election night in 2016 that Hillary Clinton would defeat Trump.
As a result of these concerns, The Associated Press teamed up with researchers at the University of Chicago to debut its own analysis of voting patterns this year. The results of that survey have not yet been released.
Voter Rojeli Flores casts his ballot in the midterm election at Sunueva Laundromat in Chicago.
Donna Anderson lets people know she voted at College Park Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Lloyd Salters, from Stockton, Missouri, votes at Caplinger Woods RV & Campgrounds.
Voter Yvette Pryor casts her ballot at in the midterm election at the Half Acre brewery in Chicago.
A sign directs voters to a new polling location where Hurricane Michael destroyed many schools and other buildings used as polling stations in the area in Parker, Florida.
Marta Rodriguez shouts the names of local school board candidates at voters on their way into the polling station while campaigning on November 6, 2018, in Hidalgo, Texas.
Kristen Leach votes with her six-month-old daughter, Nora, on election day in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.
Voters wait in line in the gymnasium at Brunswick Junior High School to receive their ballots for the midterm election in Brunswick, Maine.
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station in Atlanta, Georgia.
A voter wears a sticker that reads "I'm a Georgia Voter" at a polling station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Voters cast ballots at a polling station in Miami, Florida.
Mike Caruso campaign employee Isaac Rheinbolt, chats with a Trump supporter (who did not want to be identified) in the parking lot of the Boca Raton Community Center.
Lance Sanders casts his midterm ballot at Briles Schoolhouse in Peoria Township, Kansas.
Residents wait in line to vote at a fire station in Houston, Texas.
A voter fills out a ballot at a polling place at Lake Shore Elementary School in Pasadena, Maryland.
Orange County California poll worker Anahita sets up a voting station at Laguna Beach City Hall in Laguna Beach, California.
Voters wait in a line inside the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
Patrick Coleman, a candidate for state representative, walks down the street with signs for himself, U.S. House of Representatives candidate Eddie Edwards, and others, in Dover, New Hampshire.
A Voting official waves people in as voting polls open at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia.
People stand in line to cast their vote at a public school in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York.
Field, a 1-year-old English Setter, waits as his owner votes at P.S. 20 during the midterm election in Manhattan in New York City.
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