Writing for the Washington Post on December 14th, Telhami observed that “Regarding the importance of a candidate’s position on Israel when voting, 64 percent of Evangelical Republicans say this matters ‘a lot’ compared with just 33 percent of non-Evangelical Republicans and 26 percent of all Americans.”

Similarly, 60% of Evangelical respondents would want the United States to vote against a possible U.N. Resolution in favor a Palestinian state, while only 38% of non-Evangelical Republicans and 26% of all respondents would want the same.

“What you’re going to find is a large number of Evangelicals interpret the Bible to mean that the boundaries of modern-day Israel should coincide with their interpretation of what Biblical Israel was like,” Telhami said in conversation with the Forward. “It’s not surprising on the surface but is in some other ways because they are deriving some policy conclusions from religious beliefs.”

Read the article “New Poll Reveals Evangelical Christians Fuel Republican Support For Israel” on forward.com.