Editing Christian right (section)

===Electoral activity===

Both Christian right and secular polling organizations sometimes conduct polls to determine which presidential candidates will receive the support of Christian right constituents. One such poll is taken at the [[Family Research Council]]'s Values Voter Summit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?c=WASH_BRIEFING|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512182418/http://www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?c=WASH_BRIEFING|url-status=dead|title=FRC Action|archive-date=May 12, 2015|website=www.frcaction.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/presidential-hopefuls-highlight-values-to-christian-conservatives-29775/ |title=Presidential Hopefuls Highlight 'Values' to Christian Conservatives |date=October 20, 2007 |last=Vu |first=Michelle |newspaper=The Christian Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102043700/http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071020/29775_Presidential_Hopefuls_Highlight_'Values'_to_Christian_Conservatives.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2018 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> George W. Bush's electoral success owed much to his overwhelming support from white evangelical voters, who comprise 23% of the vote. In 2000 he received 68% of the white evangelical vote; in 2004 that percentage rose to 78%.<ref>[http://people-press.org/commentary/display.php3?AnalysisID=103 Religion and the Presidential Vote] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413120730/http://people-press.org/commentary/display.php3?AnalysisID=103 |date=April 13, 2008 }}, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, December 6, 2004</ref> In 2016, Donald Trump received 81% of the white evangelical vote.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Martínez | first1=Jessica | last2=Smith | first2=Gregory A. | title=How the faithful voted: A preliminary 2016 analysis | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful-voted-a-preliminary-2016-analysis/ | date=November 9, 2016 | publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] | access-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Lovett | first1=Ian | title=Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 | date=November 9, 2016 | newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref>