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Evangelical Christianity in American politics has been hotly debated this year. Yet often the loudest evangelical voices are white, male and … not young. nyti.ms/2Dgc6kF
2 years after President Trump won the White House with a record share of white, evangelical support — we asked young evangelicals to tell us about the relationship between their faith and their politics. Here's what they said. nyti.ms/2Q8bFfa
Alexandria Beightol, 22, was pulled out of Smith College in 2015 when she told her parents that she was rethinking the legitimacy of anti-gay theology. She is now a Democrat and plans on voting for Andrew Gillum. nyti.ms/2DkpKmS
Rebekah Hopper, 26, doesn't consider herself to be a Republican or a Democrat. She is pro-life and says, "It's not just abortion, it’s people in prisons being treated terribly." She went to the Women’s March knowing that she might be an outlier. nyti.ms/2DgTcdq
Eduardo Sandoval Ruiz, 23, is a Republican and his family is from Mexico. He compromises as an evangelical. He agrees with most of what Trump says about God and faith, but disagrees with what the president says about immigrants. nyti.ms/2QbYCtb
Hannah Flaming, 27, has always been a Republican. She has a farm in a small town in Nebraska with her family and believes "no one cared about us until Trump." nyti.ms/2De0TBj
It's frustrating for Curtis Yee, 22, to see people in his church in Sacramento not engage on "issues which the Bible seems to speak about directly, like racism and sexism." On politics, he says, "As a Christian I feel ties with the Bible first." nyti.ms/2Q8dDw4
Jayna Duckenfield, 24, considers it her duty to vote as a Christian. Some of her white friends and colleagues assume she aligns fully with Democrats. But there are things about the party that she doesn't agree with. nyti.ms/2DfQyEH
These 6 young evangelicals, all deeply involved in their churches, offer the textured sound of the rising evangelical voice in America, one that is often drowned out by white elders nyti.ms/2Qauu1d
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