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Poll: 63% of white evangelicals believe Biden election was “not legitimate”

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A post-election poll reveals that nearly two-thirds of white Evangelicals do not believe US President Joe Biden was elected legitimately, the Christian Post reports. The survey was conducted in January by the public policy research organization American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

The AEI survey was carried out through interviews with 2,016 adults from all 50 US states and the District of Columbia. Respondents were asked about their post-election political views, the Christian Post said. The total number of white evangelicals surveyed for the report was 343. There were not enough of white evangelicals who identified as democratic to draw any conclusion about their views.

Asked if they think President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election was “legitimate or not legitimate,” 63% of white evangelical Protestant respondents said his election was “not legitimate.” This percentage grew to 75% among white evangelicals who also identified as Republican, the AEI told the Christian Post.

Commenting on the findings, AEI director Daniel A. Cox said in a statement: “The January 2021 American Perspectives Survey finds evidence that Americans are divided over not only how they feel about the 2020 election but also how they perceive the legitimacy of Biden’s win.”

Moreover, Cox added: “Political conspiracy theories, including QAnon, have not disappeared after Trump’s defeat, and a significant number of Americans condone the use of violence in the face of political failures.”

A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that a majority of black evangelicals believe they will gain influence under Biden, while 63% of white evangelicals believe their influence in Washington will decrease under the new administration, the Christian Post reported.