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30 Percent of Americans Believe Trump Appointed President by God (www.rawstory.com)
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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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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Replying to myself because it's a bit late for this edit. But here's the money quote from the poll author.

We put a survey into the field in May of 2019 that assessed the opinions of just over 1,000 Protestant Christians. We asked two questions regarding the anointing of presidents by God.

The first asked if all presidents are anointed by God, while the second asked if Donald Trump was specifically anointed by God to win the 2016 election. In our sample, just 21.4% believed Donald Trump was specifically anointed by God to be president, but that figure increases among groups who believe in modern day prophets and a God who is active in the daily affairs of the world.

Slightly more white evangelicals (29%) agreed that Trump was anointed by God, but among white Pentecostals, like Paula White, that figure shot up to 53%.

21 percent of about 30 percent of American Adults believed this before the 2020 election. Somebody better than me with math can correct me but I'm pretty sure that's 6 percent of Americans?

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