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为什么白人新教徒会支持Trump

WhyarewhiteevangelicalssupportingTrump?

ItgoesbacktoJimmyCarter.

AmySullivan

August22,2015

DonaldTrump’sfirstmajorrallyofthe2016campaigntakesplaceFridaynightintheheartoftheBibleBelt.It’snotanaturalfitfortheoften-crude,always-immodestNewYorker.ButTrumpmaniahasevenfounditswaytoMobile,Ala.

Organizersinitiallyplannedtoholdtheeventatthetown’sciviccenter,whichcanaccommodateabout4,000people.Butafteroverwhelminginterest—theTrumpcampaignsaysithasdistributedmorethan35,000ticketssofar—therallywasrelocatedtothe43,000-seatLadd-PeeblesStadium.Ifit’sjarringtoimagineTrumpinasettingakintoaBillyGrahamcrusade,well,that’sjustonemorewayinwhichthe2016campaignisconfoundingconventionalpoliticalwisdom.

Eversinceamid-July WashingtonPost pollconfirmedthatTrumpistheleadingcandidateamongwhiteevangelicalRepublicans（20percentsupportedhimatthetime,comparedto14,12and11percentforScottWalker,MikeHuckabeeandJebBush,respectively）,politicalobservershavebeentryingtosortoutthepuzzleofconservativeevangelicalsupportforTrump.

Thisis,afterall,amanwhotoldtheIowaFamilyForumthathecan’trecalleveraskingGodforforgiveness（“Idon’tbringGodintothatpicture—Idon’t.”）Ina2011interviewfortheChristianBroadcastingNetwork,Trumpcharacterizedhischurchattendanceas“alwaysonChristmas,alwaysonEaster,alwayswhenthere’samajoroccasion.”TheBiblecontainsdozensofverseswarningagainstthesinsofprideandhubrisandcondemningthosewhoexaltthemselves—andDonaldTrumpis…Trump.

Trump’sunorthodoxChristianity—nottomentionhisfairlyliberalrecordofstatementsonsocialissues—seemstotroubleevangelicalelites,ifnotordinaryvoters.Ina World magazinesurvey of100prominentevangelicalleaders,onlythreerespondentsnamedTrumpastheirpreferredcandidate.（MarcoRubiowasthetopchoice,with18votes,followedbyatiebetweenWalker,CruzandBush.）TheSouthernBaptistConvention’sRussellMoorehasraisedconcernsoverTrump’simmigrationcomments,tellingreportersthat“MexicanimmigrantsarefarmorelikelytobeBible-believingChristiansthantobecriminals.”And someacademics havetriedtoarguethatmanyofthoseevangelicalsbackingTrumparen’t really evangelicals.

Butwhileit’seasytochuckleattheideaofBibleBeltvotersrallyingforathrice-marriedrealestatemogulwhowouldneverdreamofturningtheothercheek,Trump’sevangelicalbackingmaynotbethatsurprising.It’sbeenalongtimesincethepersonalmoralityofacandidatewasadealbreakerforevangelicalRepublicans.Theyonlyreluctantlybackedsqueaky-cleanMittRomneyin2012astheGOPnominee,andyetvoicedfewconcernsin2008whenthedivorcedJohnMcCainself-identifiedasaBaptistwhohasneverbeenbaptized.

Then-DemocraticpresidentialnomineeJimmyCartershakeshandswithchurchgoersinPlains,Ga.,in1976. （Photo:

AP）

Infact,conservativeevangelicalshavebeendisillusionedtwiceinthemodernpoliticalerabyevangelicalpresidentstheyoriginallybacked.In1976,which Time declared“TheYearoftheEvangelical,”theSouthernBaptistJimmyCarterbroughtmillionsofevangelicalsintothepoliticalprocess—onbehalfoftheDemocraticticket.ThelistofwhiteevangelicalswhosupportedCarterthatyearreadslikeawho’swhoofthereligiousright,includingPatRobertson,JerryFalwellandBillyGraham.Thatfall,Carterwonnearlyhalftheevangelicalvote.NoDemocrathasevencomecloseinthedecadessince.

OnceCartermovedintotheWhiteHouse,however,conservativeevangelicalsdiscoveredthatnotallevangelicalsarealike.Theyhadassumedthatsharedreligiousbeliefswouldtranslateintosharedpoliticalpriorities.ButCarterrefusedtosupportaconstitutionalbanonabortionandappointednoevangelicalstotoppostsinhisadministration.Worse,hepushedforratificationoftheEqualRightsAmendment（thesame-sexmarriagebattleofitsday）,andsupportedendinglegalandculturaldiscriminationagainstgaysandlesbians.By1980,conservativeevangelicalswerereadytoditchoneoftheirownforadivorcedformeractorwhopromisedtobetheirculturewarrior.

TheconservativeevangelicalinfatuationwithGeorgeW.Bushlastedlonger.Buthissecondterm—won,manyevangelicalsbelieved,onthestrengthoftheirturnoutinthe2004election—leftmanyfeelingbetrayed.TheybelievedBushhadindicatedhewouldusehispoliticalcapitaltovigorouslysupportafederalamendmentbanninggaymarriage.WhenheinsteadputallofhiseffortbehindaproposaltorestructureSocialSecurity,conservativeevangelicalsconcludedtheyhadbeenduped.

ThatdisillusionmentmayexplainaswellasanythingthedifficultyJebBushhashadattractingsupportfromevangelicalRepublicans.InthatsameJulyWashingtonPost poll,one-thirdofwhiteevangelicalRepublicansexpressedconcernthatBushistooliberal.Only15percentsaidthesameofRubio—andofTrump.

DonaldTrump’sunorthodoxChristianity,nottomentionhisfairlyliberalrecordofstatementsonsocialissues,seemstotroubleevangelicalelites,ifnotordinaryvoters.（Photo:

BrianSnyder/Reuters）

ButwhatofTrump’sprevioussupportforabortion,andliberalstatementsaboutgayrights?

ItmaybethatRepublicanprimaryvoterssimplydon’tknowmuchyetaboutTrump’srecord.Oritmaybethattheysimplydon’tcare.

AftereightyearsofaDemocraticpresident,Republicanswantsomeonewhocanwin,andtheyareespeciallyeagertoembraceacandidatewhostandsupforthem.AndwhileevangelicalRepublicanssometimeshavedifferentprioritiesandvaluesthantheirnon-evangelicalpeers,thiscouldbeanelectioncycleinwhichtheyvoteasRepublicansfirstandevangelicalssecond.Inthesameway,itwashardtoidentifyspecificmotivationsforCatholicvotersin2008—exitpollsshowedthatCatholicswhovotedforObamawereconcernedabouttheeconomyandjobs,justlikevotersingeneral.

IfDonaldTrump’smomentumcontinues,itwillbeinlargepartbecauseevangelicalsdecidedtheywouldratherhearaYankeeshowmanpreachoutragethanoneoftheirownsingfromthesameoldhymnal

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1．whatdoyousayorthinkof？

尊意如何；你认为…怎么样？

Today？

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今天吗？

昨天又如何呢？

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∙这有什么关系呢；

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1."You'retalkingtoyourself."—"Well, what of it?

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“你在自言自语。

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来自柯林斯例句

3.And what aboutracismandalltherest of it?

那种族主义之类的观念又怎么样呢？

来自柯林斯例句

4.Askyourself what thefolksinPeoriawillthink of it.

想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。