Abby McCloskey, Bloomberg, November 2, 2025

“Rarely, if ever, in American history has political party allegiance been so closely correlated with religious beliefs. A White evangelical churchgoer in our country is now 82% likely to be a Trump supporter, according to the Pew Research Center, meaning that churches are also increasingly politically homogeneous. There may be understandable reasons why this has become the case — Democrats have not exactly welcomed Christians with open arms — but it limits the interactions of people in the same faith with different political viewpoints, making it easier to conflate godliness with voting patterns.

I’m reminded of some wise words from half a century ago: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great,” wrote theological legend C.S. Lewis.”