Like many of my fellow Republicans and evangelicals, I was not initially enthusiastic about Donald Trump as the GOP nominee. Many of us had issues with Trump's seeming inconsistency over key conservative values; like his support of continued taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. The division among Republicans and evangelicals over Donald Trump was stark.
However, on the day of the election, the vast majority of Republicans "came home" to vote for Trump in historic numbers. This was particularly the case among white evangelicals of whom over 80 percent voted for Trump: A higher number than had voted for known evangelical George Bush. This was also despite lingering questions among many evangelicals about Trump's Christian sincerity and character. Of note, Trump exceeded Mitt Romney by two points among African-Americans. CNN exit polls also showed that military veterans, a conservative but racially and ethnically diverse group, voted 2-1 for Trump over Hillary Clinton. After reading liberal "elite" Washington Post commentator Gene Robinson (and so many other liberal commentators) offer ridiculous opinions about the election results, I feel compelled to offer the insider account of the truth.
