as big as 2016, but you know what? in a way he may be right. here s why. yes, the enthusiasm is there. there s no doubt about it in terms of 2018. the asterisk here is that he isn t on the ballot. yes his agenda is on the ballot and all that but he is not. we know there is a book called from drew weston, the political brain, talks about people vote with their heart, not with heir they head. and they vote for the candidate themselves. if trump is not on that ballot. the question is will it make a difference? it could at the margins, we will see. ainsley: i know you work for cbn the evangelical base. let s talk about that. most important issue for many of them was the supreme court issue. the kavanaugh effect we heard about that. that was a few weeks ago now. will people have forgotten about that will evangelicals get out to vote. the sense is they will. the question is how much. here s the deal. the statistic 26% of the electorate in midterm, made up of evangelicals. 26%. can they be
questions just three days ahead of the midterms, will evangelicals show up and who will they show up for. donald trump won 80% of the white evangelical vote. will they vote republican when trump is not on the ballot? here to weigh-in, my friend peter wainer. former speech writer for president trump. and a self-described former i n evangelical supporter. he s had huge support from the evangelical community. will those evangelicals show up in droves again for him this tuesday? yeah, unfortunately, i suspect a lot of them will. certainly the older evangelicals will. you re seeing a loosening, a detachment from the commitment to the republican party, that s going to take a lot of years to
donald trump were not voting for a saint or a sunday school teacher. when they elected him by the largest margin in history. they want to tough, seasoned leader who would reverse the downward death spiral this nation has done and that is what donald trump is done. he reinvigorated the economy, designated isis, side the most sweeping religious liberty order in us history and not only that, he recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel, no wonder evangelicals are ecstatic over this president s leadership. todd: how will evangelicals create donald trump s first year in office? i talked to thousands of each evangelicals over the last year, they will give him an a or a plus. i told the president recently i thought his dancing was stronger today than it was a year ago because of the promises he kept, they are ecstatic over his leadership. jillian: thank you for your