Evangelicals Favored Donald Trump, Ted Cruz in New Hampshire Primary
Not only was Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump victorious in the New Hampshire Republican primary election Tuesday, he was also the candidate most heavily favored by self-identified evangelical voters.
As the billionaire real estate mogul earned a convincing double-digit victory with over 35 percent of the vote in the Granite State, CNN exit polls show that about 27 percent of self-identified born-again Christians voted for Trump.
The evangelical voters, who made up about 25 percent of the total Republican vote in the state, also heavily supported Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who earned about 23 percent of the evangelical vote....