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Per a @MorningConsult poll, nearly half of the voting public views Christian nationalism as an important or critical threat to vital U.S. interests within the next 10 years. Nearly half of Republicans and white evangelicals, on the other hand, shrug at it. morningconsult.com/2019/04/02/rou…
Christian nationalism (47 percent) may not be considered as much of a threat as white nationalism (64 percent) to those polled. But sociologist Andrew Whitehead notes that the former is “related to conceptions about citizenship and American identity that are related to race.”
“Although Whitehead noted there is no raw data connecting white nationalism to Christian nationalism, he said the latter allows many whites who take up its cause to express anti-black prejudice, as well as other right-wing ideologies, without resorting to ‘radicalized language.’”
Whitehead: “Most upholding such conservative Christian values in this way wouldn’t consider themselves white nationalists, but enshrined in this idea of Christian nationalism is that the true American is the white American.” That is clear from what they consider to be threats. 
Those who showed affinity toward attributes listed on the “Christian nationalist index”—such as declaring the country a Christian nation and allowing prayer in public schools—were overwhelmingly more likely to vote for Trump, per Whitehead’s 2018 study. academic.oup.com/socrel/article…
