Why Evangelicals Are Splintering and What it Means for the GOP
The Los Angeles Times‘ Lisa Mascaro reports that the evangelicals are splitting along generational and racial lines, fracturing a voting bloc that has been a key aspect of the Republican Party. Nonwhites are the fastest growing segment of evangelicals, meaning Republican candidates will have to reach out to a group of voters they traditionally have struggled with. “These evangelicals are not going to be easy for politicians to get in line,” said Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. “These evangelicals are the future of where evangelicalism is at.”