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The Evangelical Vote

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English - September 24, 2020 04:01 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 14.4K ratings
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With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the president is hoping to fill the seat with a more ideologically conservative justice. And evangelical Christians, who've become a powerful conservative voting bloc, have been waiting for this moment. But how and when did this religious group become so intertwined with today's political issues, especially abortion? In this episode, what it means to be an evangelical today and how that has changed over time.

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