White Evangelicals increased GOP support
The gist
White evangelical voters backed Republican House candidates 82% in the 2026 midterms, per exit polls.
Their share of the electorate fell to 17%, while religiously unaffiliated voters grew.
How it unfolded
- Oct 13, 2026A Pew Research Center survey found 73% of white evangelical Protestant registered voters said they would vote for their district's Republican House candidate, 12% for the Democrat.
- Nov 3, 2026Democrats won control of the House and Senate in the midterms; exit polls put white evangelical support for Republican House candidates at 82%.
- Nov 5, 2026The Fox News Voter Poll found white evangelical or born-again Christians favored Republican House candidates 82% to 16%, a 66-point gap, while all other voters favored Democrats 63% to 35%.
Key terms
- midterms
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- exit polls
- A survey of voters taken just after they leave polling stations, used to estimate how an election is turning out.
- evangelical
- A Protestant Christian movement emphasizing personal conversion, Bible authority, and spreading the gospel.
Source: Wikipedia