U.S. presidential polls 2016 latest news update: 76% of white evangelicals have made up their minds to vote for Donald Trump

Chiqui Guyjoco Thursday, July 28, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attracted 76 percent decided white Evangelicals to support him this coming presidential elections, according to CNN/ORC International's post-convention poll.

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump gives two thumbs up as he arrives to speak during the final session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. | REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The poll released Monday, July 25 also showed that five percent of Trump's white evangelical supporters could still change their minds by November. On the other hand, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton garnered 11 percent of white evangelical supporters who made up their minds to vote for her with four percent who could still change their minds.

ORC International conducted the poll June 22-24 just after the Republican National Convention concluded last week and asked 1,001 adult Americans through phone surveys. The survey estimated the margin of error for the sample at plus or minus three percent.

Trump also narrowly edged Clinton on the percentage points of voters who have already decided who to vote for with 40-39. Of Trump's supporters, seven percent said they could still change their minds while six percent of Clinton's supporters said likewise.

According to a poll survey released two weeks ago by Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life, more than three-quarters of evangelicals support the billionaire businessman while those who identify themselves as atheists, agnostics and religious "nones" rally behind the former First Lady.

"Despite the professed wariness toward Trump among many high-profile evangelical Christian leaders, evangelicals as a whole are, if anything, even more strongly supportive of Trump than they were of Mitt Romney at a similar point in the 2012 campaign," said the report.

However, 45 percent of white evangelicals said they're supporting Trump not because they agree with him but because they want to oppose Clinton.

"While many evangelical voters say they 'strongly' support Trump over Clinton, this does not necessarily mean Trump is their ideal choice for president or that they are convinced he shares their religious convictions," stated Pew.

The report added, "It will be difficult to choose between Trump and Clinton because neither one would make a good president."