Could Evangelicals Give Kamala an Edge? Inside the Biblical Pitch and Push for Harris

Since Kamala Harris stepped in to become the Democrat nominee for president, she’s enjoyed a wave of positive poll numbers and huge crowds at rallies. If she’s to carry that momentum into the fall, however, tapping into the Christian vote could potentially take her to the White House. 

As vice president, she’s spoken about how the Bible informs her worldview. “The Bible teaches us so much about what we must do to be dutiful,” she told those gathered at the National Baptist Convention nearly two years ago. “Understanding we have a duty to our God and to one another.” 

Raised as a Baptist in the San Francisco Bay area, Harris’ faith is rooted in what is commonly known as the ‘Social Justice Gospel.’ This human rights approach centers more on Jesus’ teaching of compassion for those less fortunate rather than a fundamentalist viewpoint.

The quest to promote that message to Christian voters is well underway. The group Evangelicals For Harris hosted a Zoom call earlier this month that drew tens of thousands, with the leader of the session exclaiming, “Vice President Kamala Harris is a fellow Christian.” 

The group’s founder is Reverend Jim Ball, a former head of a Christian environmental

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