Several of the candidates have linked their faith to their progressive values.
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 12 at 3:53 PM Can Democrats win over faithful Christians alienated by President Trump’s treatment of migrants, minorities and the marginalized? It’s the early days, of course, but many of the party’s presidential hopefuls are talking about their Christian faith and how it has shaped their liberalism.
Cory Booker told The Washington Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey: “What people are looking for is not the symbols of faithfulness but the substance of faith and how you live your life and how you dedicate your life.” The Bible, Booker said, speaks to “the urgencies of dealing with poverty, urgencies of welcoming the stranger, the urgencies of compassion toward the imprisoned, the urgencies of love, the most radical durable force ever.
That liberal candidates are laying claim to Christianity is not surprising. Peter Wehner, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote in the Atlantic that no political tribe can claim ownership over the Christian faith. That may have been a missed opportunity. Two-thirds of Democratic voters self-identify as Christian, according to a recent Public Religion Research Institute survey, which suggests the intersection of faith and politics will be relevant to multiple voters in 2020.
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