U.S. Elections: What can we Learn as Christians?
Source: Christian News
Published November 13, 2024
Christians should not be rejoicing and ecstatic with the results. Pres. Trump is not a Christian by almost any doctrinal standard, since he does not believe in repentance personally. Yet, we can learn something about the American people, especially on the massive issue of abortion. VP Harris ran on abortion rights, but Trump did not run on banning abortion, but left it a state-level matter. In fact, abortion bans did not win overall on election day. This continues illustrates that America is a divided nation.Being all for abortion and so-called woman’s right (except for baby girls—future women—in the womb) is not a winning issue. It is not a unifying rallying cry, especially those who have a family. The left’s ideological appeal to minorities was mostly a failure. Not many average people have internalized radical ideals as emotional religious tenets. I don’t think we can even say Trump was a great candidate that people loved. With two people to vote for, he only had to be a better candidate, not a great one. My 4 year old son asked if I was voting for George Washington as president. I had to lament that there was no one on that level on my ballot.
According to the following quote, more white women voted than white men, and NBC reports that 53% of all voters were female. That is interesting on several levels, especially in regards to abortion:
Donald Trump made historic gains among Hispanic men in 2024 and still won white female voters by eight points nationally. He led by seven points with this demographic in 2020 — a considerable uptick from his two-point lead with white women in 2016. White women were the largest subgroup of US voters this year when broken down by race and gender, comprising 40%, compared to the 35% represented by white men (Laurel Duggan, Unherd).
But the president does not decide abortion policy. States do now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion is not a winning issue, but it may still be a losing one. America remains divided.
Yet, we can say that abortion combined with identity politics is not a positive thing. The absurd “people of color” category, which is a liberal ideological creation, says nothing about real people, who are vastly unique.
Among Latinos, a key part of the Democratic voter base for decades, Trump benefited from a mammoth 14 percentage-point bump compared to the 2020 election, according to exit polls (BBC).
So even when Trump was first elected his support among this group was not so strong. Despite not being in the palest “white” category, family is important among many Hispanics, especially the religious ones:
Trump’s support among Latino Protestants also surged from 48% in 2020 to 64% in 2024. The 34% of the vote Harris received from Latino Protestants in 2024 amounted to a steep decline from the 51% support captured by Biden in 2020 (Christian Post).
Abortion is not something they want thrown in their face. Many American can live with it and even tacitly support it (for others), but only the political zealots get excited about the prospect of murder—that is a hard sell. Murder after all is the opposite of life and not a positive thing. Calling it a “right” is to sidestep the issue itself.
Exit polls suggested Latinos in Pennsylvania amounted to about 5% of the total vote. Trump garnered 42% of that vote, compared to 27% when he ran against Joe Biden in 2020.
This does not mean new found love for Trump, but it is easier to sell him (a businessman) with high inflation post-covid.
Nine in 10 voters were very or somewhat concerned about the price of groceries (BBC).
Ideological causes, such as racial justice and equity, don’t matter for most people who just would like to survive and have the possibility of a decent life here on earth. It is hard to be incumbent—as President Trump learned after first presidential victory.
Harris’ campaign was anti-Trump and anti-family. It didn’t have much to promote it that even seemed positive among those who had not drunk the liberal kool-aid.
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