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The Electoral Time Machine That Could Reelect Trump

White Christians are no longer the majority in America, but they’re still driving election results.
Source: Matt Sullivan / Reuters

Amid all the ongoing changes in the country that generally favor Democrats, is it still possible that President Donald Trump will be reelected in 2020? Because I study religious and demographic change, I hear this question a lot. Much of the early punditry on Trump’s reelection prospects has focused on complex Electoral College scenarios—insights that, while valuable, shed little light on the bigger picture. I’ve come to answer the question this way: Yes, it is possible Trump

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