'If you believe that God is watching as poison is being belched into the air of creation, and people are being harmed by it—countries are at risk of vanishing in low-lying areas—what do you suppose God thinks of that?' he asked the audience.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to bring religion back into the Democratic party and he wants to do it by talking about climate change., who identifies as an Episcopalian, said he believes Democratic politicians are"allergic" to openly discussing faith, partially because they don't want to alienate people of different or no faiths which he said was a"good thing.
"If you believe that God is watching as poison is being belched into the air of creation, and people are being harmed by it—countries are at risk of vanishing in low-lying areas—what do you suppose God thinks of that?" he asked the audience.
While Buttigieg's discussion of faith certainly help him stand out in the crowded 2020 presidential field, the question remains whether he'll be able to court religious voters away from the right or if he'll be able to build his own following of the"Christian left." Americans who identify as Protestant , however, are about 15 percent more likely to vote for a Republican than a, and those demographic distinctions have remained steady since at least 2006.
Black voters make up more than 60% of early primary state South Carolina's Democratic electorate, and about 79% of black voters identify as Christians, according to Pew.
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