But Pew’s new research includes a fascinating detail: No group agrees less with the idea that the United States has a responsibility to accept refugees than white evangelical Protestants. In statistical terms, the percentage of evangelicals holding that view was about equal to the percentage of Republicans, 26 percent, given margins of error. Since Trump took office, the percentage of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents believing that there is a responsibility to accept refugees has slipped from about a third to just over a quarter. In 2011, 30 percent of evangelicals said that he or she could, the lowest percentage of any religious group. Pew notes that evangelicals who support Trump and oppose accepting refugees are getting what they hoped for.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2018 17:29 UTC