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Huge change as Evangelicals back Trump 8-1, more than Romney

By Paul Bedard
Published July 14, 2016 8:46pm ET
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Huge change as Evangelicals back Trump 8-1, more than Romney
Mary Ann Herring works on her ballot at a polling station at Christ the King Church in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, May 10, 2016, during the Nebraska primary election. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) | Nati Harnik

Evangelical voters are rallying “strongly” behind Republican Donald Trump, their earlier questions about him erased in a new poll that puts their support at 78 percent.


Pew Research Center said support for Trump among the key GOP voting block is even higher than it was for 2012 nominee Mitt Romney.

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