The research finds Evangelicals view immigration, American sovereignty and abortion as the top issues facing the United States heading into the 2024 presidential election.
The survey comes from Coral Ridge Ministries 2024 Spiritual State of the Nation Survey.
CRM President and CEO Robert Pacienza said in a statement, “At a time when the views of pro-family evangelicals are sometimes distorted, even caricatured, this survey provides a much-needed window into what Christian conservatives actually believe.”
Other issues viewed as most critical facing Congress and the next administration by smaller shares of respondents include: national security (21%), the economy (19%), a growth in socialist views (14%), the protection of traditional values (14%), trans rights (14%), healthcare (13%), the racial divide (13%), the advance of radical Islam (11%) and education (6%).
The emphasis on immigration and U.S. sovereignty as issues of importance among American Evangelicals comes as the nation continues to see an exponential number of encounters between people entering the country illegally and law enforcement officials at the U.S.-Mexico border. Meanwhile, respondents’ focus on abortion comes as several states have passed abortion restrictions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, which determined that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a right to abortion.