- Faith voters showedup at the polls Tuesday
with what looks to begreater turnout than in 2016.
- Yeah, the Faith and Freedom Coalition
says Christian voters providedon the margin of victory
in big U.S Senate races.
Faith and Freedom also sayingthat they could be important
in determining if PresidentTrump stays in the White House.
Here's Senior WashingtonCorrespondent Tara Mergener.
- To get voters of faith to the polls,
Faith and Freedom launched
a $45 million campaign inkey states its status showed
as socially conservative Christians
and frequent churchgoers.
Volunteers knocked on morethan five million doors.
- If every legally cast ballot is counted
in every state where theresults are not yet finalized,
then he'll be reelected.
- [Tara] The winner ofthe presidential election
remains unknown.
- We were getting readyto win this election.
Frankly, we did win this election.
(cheering)
- I'm here to tell you tonight,
we believe we're on trackto win this election.
(cheering)
- [Tara] But in spiteof the legal challenges
that may be ahead,
the Faith and FreedomCoalition is confident
President Trump will prevail,
largely thanks to a recordnumber of Christians
who came out to vote.
- We still have to minethis data a little bit more,
but it's looking like up to four
or maybe even a little overfour million Christians
were new voters.
- [Tara] According to the group,
that four million is the largest turnout
for the demographicsince exit polling began,
with President Trump takinghome 81% of the support
of white evangelicals thisyear, the same as in 2016.
- God bless you all, andmay God protect our troops.
- [Tara] Joe Biden,winning the lowest share
of the white evangelicalvote ever received
by a Democratic presidential nominee.
- The Christian votecontinues to be very animated
on issues related to life, tomarriage, religious liberty,
Israel, human trafficking,the justice system, et cetera,
but now even more Christiansare coming off the sidelines
and into the game.
- Faith and Freedom says the numbers show
their ground game worked andthat Republicans cannot win
without Christian voters.
He adds Democrats continue tosuffer for failing to appeal
to these voters of faith.
In Washington, I'm TaraMergener, CBN News.
