While the Trump campaign is announcing his re-election as the result of “the greatest political movement of all time,” the popular vote tells an unusual story that, if anything, undermines this narrative. I am not here to squeeze sour grapes into wine, rather I am deeply intrigued by how the recent election unfolded. In 2020 Trump lost the election after receiving 74.2 million votes. This year, he won the election with about 73 million votes. In 2020, a little over 155 million people vot...

The presidency of Donald Trump divided my family the way it has many others.[1] The day before the 2020 election, when we were still able to have candid conversations about Trump, I mentioned what I would be thinking and what I would have wanted Trump to do (or, not to do) to conduct a successful campaign and win the presidency. For some reason, this came off as critical of Trump. Indeed, I was being critical in that it seemed Trump had made plain and obvious missteps which could (and did) l...

An overwhelming 75% majority of Evangelical Christians supported Donald Trump’s 2020 bid for reelection. As high as that number is, it is actually down from 81% in 2016. That 6% decline may have been the difference in his loss to Joe Biden for the presidency. Be that as it may, the point is that many Christians are disappointed with the results of this year’s historic election. Combine this with the rampant misinformation on social media regarding alleged fraud and one is left with a powd...