The Presidential election looks like it’s going to come down to another photo finish.
Both candidates are searching for an edge on Election Day.
And J.D. Vance discovered one secret weapon that could wreck Democrats in November.
Millions of Christians could skip voting this year
The 2020 Election was decided by about 44,000 votes spread across Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
Another close Presidential election could be on deck this year with polls showing former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris within the margin of error in swing states.
Evangelical Christians have traditionally been one of the strongest demographics for the Republican Party.
But a new study found that there could be millions of potential voters out there.
A study from Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center found that only 51% of “people of faith” plan to vote in the election this year.
People of faith are members of organized religions like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism.
Arizona Christian University President Len Munsil – who was the 2006 Arizona Republican Governor candidate – told Just the News that the study revealed that there are voters who could decide elections sitting on the sidelines.
The study found that 41 million born-again Christians and 32 million Christians who are regular churchgoers don’t plan on voting in this election.
“I see two huge takeaways from this blockbuster report,” Munsil said.
“First, that Christians could be the deciding factor in a bunch of federal and state races – and are choosing not to be,” Munsil continued. “And second, that they are longing for their local church to instruct them on how to think Biblically about policy and politics.”
Munsil thought these Christians needed a reason to get them to the polls.
“They don’t want to be told how to vote, but they do want to know why they should vote, and how to view political issues from a biblical framework,” Munsil stated.
Millions of potential voters who could lean Trump
The study found that 52% of the Christians who weren’t planning on voting thought their vote wouldn’t make a difference.
President Joe Biden won Arizona in the 2020 Election by about 10,400 votes.
Dr. George Barna, the study’s author, thought these Christians could make all the difference in the outcome of the election in November.
“The 32 million Christians who regularly attend church services but are not likely to vote represent a far larger margin than the combined number of votes that decided the 2020 election in key battleground states,” Barna said. “If church leaders, family members, and close friends will use their influence to get reticent voters from their churches to cast a ballot on November 5, the election outcome will be meaningfully affected.”
One effort is underway to register Christians to vote and mobilize them for the election.
The Faith and Freedom Coalition – a conservative Christian group – is handing out 30,000 pieces of literature to 125,000 churches across the country, including the swing states.
Getting these disinterested Christians to turn out this election could make all the difference if swing states come down to the wire again.
