White evangelical support for Trump slips but remains strong as midterms near

Support for Donald Trump among white evangelical Protestant voters has fallen from 77 percent at his January 2025 inauguration to 63 percent, according to an October Reuters-Ipsos poll. The decline comes as the president’s approval rating hits a record low of 31 percent, ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Republicans are relying on their evangelical base to defend their congressional majorities, while Democrats are widely favoured to retake the House and are gaining ground in the Senate. In South Carolina, where Trump campaigned on Wednesday, Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham holds only a narrow lead over Democrat Annie Andrews.