What's Happening to "Values Voters?"

To the Point

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

President Obama today denounced Donald Trump as "vulgar and divisive." He's hardly the poster child for Christian values. But exit polls and surveys show him leading other Republicans with evangelical voters — and some of their leaders — who could play a decisive role in this year's road to the White House.

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0:00.0	Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence.
0:06.4	The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices.
0:13.9	Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer
0:23.7	intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International,
0:32.9	this is To the Point. What's happening to values voters?
0:41.4	Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,
0:45.4	a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.
0:47.9	One leader of the Southern Baptist Convention says,
0:50.2	To back Donald Trump, Christian voters must repudiate everything they believe. But polls show
0:55.5	millions of evangelicals are not demanding that Trump adhere to the precepts of the once
1:00.4	dominating moral majority. They're supporting a profanity-spouting gambling house owner who's been
1:06.0	married three times with an inconsistent history on abortion and same-sex marriage. Cruz, Rubio, and
1:12.0	Kasek are passing the litmus tests, so why is Trump leading with voters who call themselves
1:17.3	devout Christians? Today's talking point, the Obama doctrine, foreign policy, and political
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1:58.1	Donald Trump is hardly the poster child for Christian values,
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