Neither you nor I can understand how a self-professed Christian can vote for a rabid anti-abortionist like Kamala Harris or a leftist like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., or fill in some other candidate and give someone half their vote. But based on the many Christian women I talk to every day, I can tell you their math. You know you don’t agree with them. I don’t agree with them either.
But, you know, that’s pretty much how they think: Abortion is the main issue, and they consider all of the candidates to be essentially pro-life. To a true pro-lifer, there is no moral difference between abortion at 16 weeks (Donald Trump’s position), abortion at 40 weeks (Kamala Harris), or anywhere in between (RFK), because all human lives are of equal value. Most abortions occur before 12 weeks.
But don’t criticize persuadable voters – ignore them at your peril – persuade them instead.
Trump denounced Florida’s heartbeat law. If this is truly a “states’ rights” issue, the president is not going to make much difference anyway. Also, the phrase “follow your heart” is a big theological sticking point for Christians.
Jeremiah 17:9). When Christians who support Kamala run ads showing that Trump doesn’t know the Gospel, the type of Christian women this group is actually influencing are not the ones who will vote for Harris. These women know that Kamala doesn’t know the Bible or the Kama Sutra, and that her policies are evil.
But now they realize that Trump also doesn’t seem to know the Bible well, and they may think that his abortion policies might not be so good either. So they’re likely to be completely demoralized or have a reason to vote for someone else. So a significant percentage of pro-lifers will either not vote for president or will endorse someone else.
An even smaller number of these women told me they thought Kennedy’s policies would help reduce abortions through other means, and that they saw medical freedom as key to their support. But in engaging with these voters, I learned that most or all of their votes are still unclear. They can be persuaded. And once they are won, they are more credible and therefore more valuable than the kind of secular, independent liberals Trump is trying to win.
Of course, they need to be persuaded, but it is a fickle group. Many of them are too scared to even vote, let alone openly and enthusiastically support the Republican Party. Trump must fight for every single pro-life Christian vote. He cannot win without them. And if you think they will vote for Trump because they have no other place to go, you are fatally miscalculating. They see voting for a pro-choice candidate as a compromise, and certainly would rather lose than have the Republican Party play its part. You could call that crazy, but you’d rather try to persuade them.
Harris and Waltz’s records on abortion and infanticide are truly horrifying. Their positions on immigration and the economy are destructive. They are chaos makers. All of this has huge, tangible effects on the children and neighbors we love. A certain number of women who call themselves Christians will vote for Kamala Harris, but they are not my audience, and I probably can’t persuade them to change their vote. Their support for her speaks to such fundamental errors about human nature, good and evil, and the role of government that we just don’t have time to correct in the coming months.
But don’t criticize persuadable voters. Ignoring them is dangerous. Instead, persuade them. Remind them of the chaos they oppose by voting for Trump, and that they want safety, stability, and normalcy.
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