Open AccessThe Trump Prophecies and the Mobilization of Evangelical Voters
Author(s) -
Hanne Amanda Trangerud
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studies in religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2042-0587
pISSN - 0008-4298
DOI - 10.1177/00084298211012698
Subject(s) - alliance , rhetorical question , political science , framing (construction) , presidential election , voting , mobilization , presidential system , duty , political economy , law , sociology , politics , art , history , literature , archaeology
The Evangelical vote played a major role when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. Although various factors may explain this result, we should not overlook the influence of the alliance that emerged between Trump and leading Evangelicals during the campaign. In this article, I present four books written before and after the election that illustrate how Trump prophecies and the portrayal of Trump as a national savior were used deliberately to convince conservative Christians that voting for him was their religious duty. With the help of framing theory, I analyze this rhetorical strategy of Trump’s allies, and show how it not only has influenced Christian voters, but also the president himself