2016 presidential election

COVID-19 costs President Trump support among Catholics

By Thomas Reese — June 16, 2020
(RNS) — Though their influence has been waning in recent cycles, keep an eye on Catholic voters if you want to know what will happen in November.

We knew what we were doing: Gushee on Trump, 2015-2016

By David P. Gushee — August 7, 2017
We had every reason to know what kind of president Donald Trump would become.

Post-election whiplash: 10 observations

By David P. Gushee — November 18, 2016
(RNS) Ten observations about what just happened in our country and what it means for Christians and others.

Catholic bishops follow Trump’s election with a message of their own

By David Gibson — November 15, 2016
(RNS) The bishops put a Mexican-born archbishop in line to become the first Latino to lead the American hierarchy. But they seemed hesitant to fully endorse Pope Francis' approach.

Did white evangelical support for Trump drop due to lower turnout?

By Tobin Grant — November 14, 2016
As the data comes in, the key will be to watch turnout.

Discovering the other America we did not know

By David P. Gushee — November 10, 2016
(RNS) People with the faintest interest in this country or in commenting about it had better get to know the other America rather than remain hermetically sealed in their own monoculture.

Trump’s evangelical meetup left me with YUGE questions

By David Gibson — June 23, 2016
(RNS) I was there for his tightly scripted 'conversation' with 900 conservative Christians but learned little about how his faith shapes his politics.

Neither coronation nor inquisition expected when Trump meets evangelicals

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 16, 2016
(RNS) About 900 conservative Christians, mostly evangelicals, are expected to attend "a conversation" with Donald Trump and Ben Carson.

Is David French the social conservative savior of 2016?

By David Gibson — June 2, 2016
(RNS) Or would a third-party run by the National Review columnist just be a way for true believers to avoid a hard moral choice -- and wind up hurting the movement?

Will God save us from Donald Trump?

By David P. Gushee — March 14, 2016
Given Donald Trump's problems and the danger he poses, how long will it be until he implodes? Do we need a miracle?

America unveiled, or, when you don’t feel at home in your own country

By David P. Gushee — March 1, 2016
What to do when you feel like a stranger to many millions of your neighbors, whom you find incomprehensible.

How Reinhold Niebuhr speaks to 2016 American politics

By David P. Gushee — February 24, 2016
What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about our politics right now?

Trump, Cruz popularity represents two very different Christian failures

By David P. Gushee — February 21, 2016
Christian voters should look for candidates committed to civility, solidarity, justice, mercy, compassion, rule of law, and human rights.

Ten things I am learning from the presidential campaign

By David P. Gushee — February 4, 2016
A broken system, social backlash, political correctness, and other observations from the campaign.

A Report on President Trump’s First 100 Days

By David P. Gushee — November 24, 2015
An imagined but not unrealistic projection of the first one hundred days in office for today's leading Republican presidential candidate.
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