The Political Views of These Christian Nationalists Might Surprise You
In a new column for MSNBC, Anthea Butler, Ph.D., analyzes how race affects what Christian nationalist beliefs mean to its followers. Although PRRI’s latest survey showed little deviation among support for Christian nationalism by race, by partisan affiliation, white and Black Christian nationalism adherents are nearly perfect opposites. The majority of white adherents identify as Republican (64%) versus only 8% of Black adherents. Butler writes that Black Americans’ religious ideals are rooted in the demand for democracy to be more inclusive compared with white or Hispanic Christian nationalism that promotes a vision of America as a promised land for European Christians.
What Alabama’s IVF Ruling Reveals About the Ascendant Christian Nationalist Movement
Carter Sherman at The Guardian reports on the recent Alabama state supreme court case that declared embryos “extrauterine children” and essentially halted the operations of all in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics in the state. Citing Christian theologians and the Bible in his concurring opinion, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker wrote that “human life is fundamentally distinct from other forms of life and cannot be taken intentionally without justification.” PRRI data shows that support for Christian nationalism is deeply linked to partisanship among white Americans. In Alabama, 47% of people are adherents of or at least sympathetic to Christian nationalism, according to PRRI’s new survey.
How the GOP’s Rightward Shift on Immigration Helps Explain Trump’s Primary Success
For CNN, Ron Brownstein writes that Republican voters’ hardening attitudes on immigration have been critical to Trump’s strong performance throughout the primaries. Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., PRRI’s president and founder, told Brownstein that the percentage of Republicans who support building a wall along the US-Mexico border exceeded 80% in PRRI’s annual American ValuesSurvey last fall. However, the broader public’s view on immigration is not nearly as negative. In PRRI polling, only about two in five independents (43%) and just one in five Democrats (21%) agreed that the growing number of immigrants threatens traditional American customs and values.
Religion and Partisanship Among Black Voters Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election
A new PRRI Spotlight Analysisexamines Black Americans’ partisan affiliations, the relationship between religious affiliation and partisanship, and Black voters’ views on the two likely presidential nominees. While religion continues to be important to many Black Americans, the percentage who identify as religiously unaffiliated has increased eight percentage points over the last decade. Religiously unaffiliated Black Americans are less likely to identify as either Democrats or Republicans than their Christian counterparts and notably less likely to hold favorable views of President Joe Biden compared with Black Protestants and Black Catholics (53% compared with 71% and 70%).
