White Evangelical Support for Republicans Ticked Up Despite Blue Tsunami
Summary
White evangelical voters strongly supported Republican House candidates in the midterm elections, while other voter groups shifted toward Democrats. They made up a smaller share of the electorate than in 2024, even as their Republican support remained high.Key Facts
- The Fox News Voter Poll found that 82 percent of white evangelical or born-again Christian voters backed Republican House candidates and 16 percent backed Democrats.
- The same poll found that voters outside this group favored Democrats 63 percent to 35 percent.
- White evangelicals made up 17 percent of the midterm electorate, compared with 21 percent in Fox's 2024 survey.
- Fox's 2024 voter analysis found that 79 percent of white evangelicals backed Donald Trump.
- Catholic voters split 50 percent for Democrats and 49 percent for Republicans in the midterms, according to the article.
- Voters with no religion favored Democrats by 78 percent in the midterms, compared with 68 percent who backed Kamala Harris in 2024.
- A Pew survey released in October found that 73 percent of white evangelical Protestant registered voters planned to support their district's Republican House candidate.
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