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On June 21, Donald Trump has planned an invitation-only, closed-door meeting in New York with 500 evangelical leaders. Evangelicals have voted overwhelmingly Republican. But while Trump has some support in the conservative Christian community, there are also lingering concerns about his character and suitability to be president. Kim Lawton looks at evangelical divisions over Trump and the potential election fall-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s not just evangelicals,\u201d says John Green, director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. \u201cThere are other pieces of the Republican Party that are in disarray as well. But because evangelicals play just a central role at the ballot box, that has to be a top priority for Republicans who want to be successful,\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":31037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-politics","faith-evangelical"],"yoast_head":"\nEvangelicals and Donald Trump | June 17, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/06\/17\/evangelicals-donald-trump\/30959\/\" \/>\n<meta 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