Christian nationalist ideology played an important role in helping Trump gain support during the 2020 election, according to a study published in the journal Politics and Religion. Survey results suggest that Christian nationalism helped convince Americans who had not voted for Trump in 2016 to do so in 2020 while discouraging previous Trump-voters from considering other candidates. Donald Trump’s unexpected presidential win in 2016 left many people baffled. Since then, social scientists have carried out numerous research studies to identify factors that may have motivated Americans to vote fo…