Why do so many of America’s white evangelicals support Putin? – ABC Religion & Ethics
Evangelicals make up one quarter of all American voters. Hence the stances they adopt matter to America’s domestic and international politics. Not only did 84 per cent of white evangelicals vote for Donald Trump in 2020, but many evangelical leaders have voiced support for Vladimir Putin for nearly a decade. Why? Those who believe that America’s white evangelicals have embraced Putin due to some fundamentalist proclivity for authoritarianism have the story backwards.