The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals
little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups. Those who supported Republican candidates in recent elections, such as white born-again or evangelical Christians and white Catholics, strongly supported Donald Trump as well. Groups that traditionally backed Democratic candidates, including religious "nones," Hispanic Catholics and Jews, were firmly in Hillary Clinton's corner.
While earlier in the campaign some
pundits and others questioned whether the thrice-married Trump would earn the bulk of white evangelical support, fully eight-in-ten self-identified white, born-again/evangelical Christians say they voted for Trump, while just 16% voted for Clinton.
Trump's 65-percentage-point margin of victory among voters in this group - which includes self-described Protestants, as well as Catholics, Mormons and others -
matched or exceeded the victory margins of George W. Bush in 2004, John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.
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