The media can't figure it out. They spent the day after the election, analyzing and hypothesizing about how the polls could have been so wrong. I went along with the talking heads, not really understanding, until late in the day Wednesday when Fox News mentioned the strong support among evangelicals, and then it all made sense.
Millions of Christians across the country were praying about the election. In the face of all that support, what could God do but swing the election to Donald Trump. As a general rule, liberals on the left don't take faith seriously, didn't call on the Almighty for their candidate, and thus Hillary didn't have a prayer.
Why did Christians support this twice-divorced womanizer? For me, it comes down to liberal attacks on Christian values. Not just gay marriage, but for the fact that a pizza restaurant can't refuse to host a gay marriage reception, or a Christian bakery can't refuse to bake a gay wedding cake, or a Christian photographer can't refuse to document a gay wedding. Why can't the gays just take their wins in the public sector and leave Christians alone? There are plenty of services available to gays; why antagonize someone who isn't harming or even inconveniencing you? Why go out of your way to make a statement and ruin a little business with outrageous fines?
So, the bottom line was the Supreme Court. We believe we knew what kind of Justices Hillary would nominate, while Trump produced a list of reasonable choices.
Of course it didn't help Hillary to be so pro-choice as to state that babies didn't have any constitutional rights.
Bonus article from The Atlantic: Why Christians Overwhelmingly Backed Trump
Update: Another writer that suggests the same reason
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