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According to national exit polls, 80 percent of self-described evangelicals voted for Trump — exceeding the record-breaking 78 percent George W. Bush claimed in the 2004 elections. Trump had done what John McCain and Mitt Romney had failed to do in their losing bids for the presidency: He finally awakened what former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed had long described as the “sleeping giant” of religiously motivated voters. Many, including some in Trump world, think it’s a major reason he won.

In Oklahoma, there was never any real chance of Clinton pulling an upset. The big question was whether Christian voters would turn out for Trump or not vote at all. He came in third during the state’s primary — trailing Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio — in part because evangelical voters said they didn’t trust him on issues important to them, like abortion, and they questioned his character.

Right up until Election Day, some congregations were divided over whether Christians could, in good faith, back a man who they considered vulgar and untrustworthy. But in the end, a majority of Oklahomans, including faith voters, backed Trump. They were not only sold on pocketbook issues, like his pledge to create jobs and help boost oil and gas production, the leading industry here. They were also swayed by Trump’s overt appeals to faith voters during the final weeks of the campaign, including his pledge to appoint strict conservatives to the Supreme Court. “Do you really want to leave that up to Hillary?” Trump asked.

It was enough for Bob Moore, a retired postal worker, who said he backed Trump in spite of his “flaws.” Speaking at Cattlemens Steakhouse, an Oklahoma City institution that proudly notes on its menu the steak President George H.W. Bush ordered when he dropped by, Moore said he had originally backed Marco Rubio but shifted to Trump when the Florida senator dropped out.

Trump, he said, was hardly perfect, but voters knew whom they were supporting. “He’s a womanizer,” Moore said. He added, “Most men are but me.”

“He’s a braggart. He’s a New York blowhard,” he declared. But, he was a better alternative than Clinton, whom he said would have led the country into socialism.

Of Trump, he said, “I think he will be good for the country.”

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