2016, cspanpaign takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on cspan, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. The former regional epa director susan hedman and former flint michigan mayor dayne rolling testify about Drinking Water in flint. They will take questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning, live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan three. In the afternoon in, a hearing on self driving cars. We will hear from Auto Industry representatives and representative from google. Live coverage of the Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee at 2 30 eastern, also on cspan3. Next, a conversation on the role that state parties play in the National Political campaign. We will hear from state and National Party officials at this event, hosted by the brookings institution. Good afternoon, everyone. I am a senior fellow here at the institution and the founding director of the center for effective public management. We are pleased to welcome you
People have said what has happened to these evangelicals have they backslid on their way to the polls to vote . First, i think the term evangelical is like the elastic in an old pair of socks. It is being stretched. It is being used to encompass a lot of people that are not technically evangelicals. When you talk about evangelicals those who go to church on a weekly basis their faith is important to them, it guides the decisions they make beyond the walls of the church that begins too narrow. We see from polling, exit surveys, that those who attend church on a weekly basis are not breaking for donald trump. In the southern states, 64 of evangelicals did not vote for donald trump. I think the term is being used more broadly than is appropriate, but given the are a number of what i would say are true evangelicals supporting donald trump, i think there are there is a lot of fear in the election cycle. Fear of a nation that has lost its way, is changing, is unrecognizable, and then frustra