为什么白人新教徒会支持Trump.docx

1、为什么白人新教徒会支持TrumpWhy are white evangelicals supporting Trump? It goes back to Jimmy Carter.Amy SullivanAugust 22, 2015Donald Trumps first major rally of the 2016 campaign takes place Friday night in the heart of the Bible Belt. Its not a natural fit for the often-crude, always-immodest New Yorker. Bu

2、t Trumpmania has even found its way to Mobile, Ala.Organizers initially planned to hold the event at the towns civic center, which can accommodate about 4,000 people. But after overwhelming interest the Trump campaign says it has distributed more than 35,000 tickets so far the rally was relocated to

3、 the 43,000-seat Ladd-Peebles Stadium. If its jarring to imagine Trump in a setting akin to a Billy Graham crusade, well, thats just one more way in which the 2016 campaign is confounding conventional political wisdom.Ever since a mid-JulyWashington Postpoll confirmed that Trump is the leading candi

4、date among white evangelical Republicans (20 percent supported him at the time, compared to 14, 12 and 11 percent for Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush, respectively), political observers have been trying to sort out the puzzle of conservative evangelical support for Trump.This is, after all,

5、 a man who told the Iowa Family Forum that he cant recall ever asking God for forgiveness (“I dont bring God into that picture I dont.”) In a 2011 interview for the Christian Broadcasting Network, Trump characterized his church attendance as “always on Christmas, always on Easter, always when theres

6、 a major occasion.” The Bible contains dozens of verses warning against the sins of pride and hubris and condemning those who exalt themselves and Donald Trump is Trump.Trumps unorthodox Christianity not to mention his fairly liberal record of statements on social issues seems to trouble evangelical

7、 elites, if not ordinary voters. In aWorldmagazine surveyof 100 prominent evangelical leaders, only three respondents named Trump as their preferred candidate. (Marco Rubio was the top choice, with 18 votes, followed by a tie between Walker, Cruz and Bush.) The Southern Baptist Conventions Russell M

8、oore has raised concerns over Trumps immigration comments, telling reporters that “Mexican immigrants are far more likely to be Bible-believing Christians than to be criminals.” Andsome academicshave tried to argue that many of those evangelicals backing Trump arentreallyevangelicals.But while its e

9、asy to chuckle at the idea of Bible Belt voters rallying for a thrice-married real estate mogul who would never dream of turning the other cheek, Trumps evangelical backing may not be that surprising. Its been a long time since the personal morality of a candidate was a deal breaker for evangelical

10、Republicans. They only reluctantly backed squeaky-clean Mitt Romney in 2012 as the GOP nominee, and yet voiced few concerns in 2008 when the divorced John McCain self-identified as a Baptist who has never been baptized.Then-Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter shakes hands with churchgoers i

11、n Plains, Ga., in 1976. (Photo: AP)In fact, conservative evangelicals have been disillusioned twice in the modern political era by evangelical presidents they originally backed. In 1976, whichTimedeclared “The Year of the Evangelical,” the Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter brought millions of evangelica

12、ls into the political process on behalf of the Democratic ticket. The list of white evangelicals who supported Carter that year reads like a whos who of the religious right, including Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham. That fall, Carter won nearly half the evangelical vote. No Democrat h

13、as even come close in the decades since.Once Carter moved into the White House, however, conservative evangelicals discovered that not all evangelicals are alike. They had assumed that shared religious beliefs would translate into shared political priorities. But Carter refused to support a constitu

14、tional ban on abortion and appointed no evangelicals to top posts in his administration. Worse, he pushed for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (the same-sex marriage battle of its day), and supported ending legal and cultural discrimination against gays and lesbians. By 1980, conservative

15、evangelicals were ready to ditch one of their own for a divorced former actor who promised to be their culture warrior.The conservative evangelical infatuation with George W. Bush lasted longer. But his second term won, many evangelicals believed, on the strength of their turnout in the 2004 electio

16、n left many feeling betrayed. They believed Bush had indicated he would use his political capital to vigorously support a federal amendment banning gay marriage. When he instead put all of his effort behind a proposal to restructure Social Security, conservative evangelicals concluded they had been

17、duped.That disillusionment may explain as well as anything the difficulty Jeb Bush has had attracting support from evangelical Republicans. In that same JulyWashington Postpoll, one-third of white evangelical Republicans expressed concern that Bush is too liberal. Only 15 percent said the same of Ru

18、bio and of Trump.Donald Trumps unorthodox Christianity, not to mention his fairly liberal record of statements on social issues, seems to trouble evangelical elites, if not ordinary voters. (Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters)But what of Trumps previous support for abortion, and liberal statements about ga

19、y rights? It may be that Republican primary voters simply dont know much yet about Trumps record. Or it may be that they simply dont care.After eight years of a Democratic president, Republicans want someone who can win, and they are especially eager to embrace a candidate who stands up for them. An

20、d while evangelical Republicans sometimes have different priorities and values than their non-evangelical peers, this could be an election cycle in which they vote as Republicans first and evangelicals second. In the same way, it was hard to identify specific motivations for Catholic voters in 2008

21、exit polls showed that Catholics who voted for Obama were concerned about the economy and jobs, just like voters in general.If Donald Trumps momentum continues, it will be in large part because evangelicals decided they would rather hear a Yankee showman preach outrage than one of their own sing fro

22、m the same old hymnal evangelical英ivndelk()l; ev-美,ivndlkl n. 福音派信徒 adj. 福音的；福音派教会的；新教会的hymnal英hmn()l美himnl n. 赞美诗集 adj. 赞美诗的；使用赞美诗的更多释义网络短语 hymnal 使用赞美诗的,赞美诗集,圣歌集 Hymnal Training 诗颂崇拜训练 hymnal paper 圣经本用纸,圣诗本用纸what of1what do you say or think of？尊意如何；你认为怎么样？Today？But what of yesterday？今天吗？昨天又如何呢？2w

23、hat importance can be assigned to有什么关系？有什么要紧？His speech may not be exactly standard English，but what of that？他讲的可能不是地道的标准英语，但那有什么关系呢？“John missed the bus”“What of it？He can take the next one”“约翰没赶上公共汽车。”“那有什么关系？他可以乘坐下一班车。”what withand（what with）partly because of，partly because of一方面因为，一方面又因为What wit

24、h their inferior equipment and what with their outdated technique the workers in that plant failed to fulfil their annual production plan last year一方面因为设备差，一方面又因为技术落后，那个厂的工人去年没有完成年度生产计划。What with all this work and so little sleep at night，I dont think I can go on much longer工作这么多，再加上晚上睡得又少，我想我坚持不了多久

25、了。what of it网 络 这有什么关系呢； 关于什么； 这又有什么了不起的； 那有什么了不起的1. Youre talking to yourself. Well,whatofit? “你在自言自语。”“对啊，不行吗？”来自柯林斯例句2. This is Hollywood, U.S.A., where they make all the movies, remember. Whatofit? “记住，这是美国的好莱坞，所有那些影片都是在这里制作的。”“那又如何？”来自柯林斯例句3. Andwhatabout racism and all the restofit? 那种族主义之类的观念又怎么样呢？来自柯林斯例句4. Ask yourselfwhatthe folks in Peoria will thinkofit. 想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。