American evangelicals began to associate with the Republican Party in the 1970s. Today, they represent an important part of the American voter base and have a decisive influence on the election results. In the 2016 election, as many as 81 % of white evangelicals supported Republican candidate Donald Trump, even though he doesn't live by moral principles of conservative evangelicals – moreover, Donald Trump represents everything that conservative evangelicals should not approve of. Reasons for mass support for Trump can be found in the Christian nationalism. Christian nationalism is a cultural framework or an ideology that idealizes and advocates the fusion of American civic life with Christian identity and culture. In addition to antipathy to Muslims and immigrants, Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of Trump support. The master's thesis explores which cultural, political, and religious factors influence the mass support of white American evangelicals for Donald Trump. We found that the American evangelicals who supported Trump were very likely whites, Republicans, and Christian nationalists. Very often, Muslims and immigrants are understood as a threat to America, and the United States is understood as a Christian state. The empirical part is based on secondary analyze of Pew Research Center databases. We explore the extent to which conservative values, beliefs, and political preferences are present among self-identified evangelicals according to those who self-identify as non-evangelicals.
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