White Evangelical Women Less Likely to Vote for Trump

According to a report released by the Public Religion Research Institute, white evangelical women’s support for Trump has started to decline.

White evangelicals in general still hold the strongest support base for Trump; however, 69% of evangelical men said that they favored the president while only 59% of women agreed, according to Relevant Magazine.

For Mormons, the number of women supporting the president dropped to 45% while 64% of men do. The number drops even lower for Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Unitarian Universality and other religions with roughly only 30% of women holding favorable views of the commander in chief.

According to an article released by the Huffington Post, the gender gap has long existed amongst Democrats and Republicans. More women are likely to consider themselves Democrats than men. This was made especially apparent in the 2016 election when 52% of men voted for Trump and 41% of women voted for Hilary Clinton, as reported by Rutgers. This was the largest gender gap of 11 points since 1996.

But Trump’s aggressive language over the years has put white evangelical women in a difficult spot. Though many men resonate with the president’s abrasive behavior, according to Karen Swallow Prior, a professor of English at Liberty University, it has struck a nauseating tone for women who have suffered at the hands of an abusive leader.

“Women—who are most often the victims…