内容摘要："I think it raises a wider concern about about being safe when you're far away from home," Mr Wilkinson said.

"I think it raises a wider concern about about being safe when you're far away from home," Mr Wilkinson said.

of 5,027 adults, white evangelical Protestant voters were the strongest backers of Trump over Harris by 72% to 13%. White Catholic voters also backed Trump, with 55% supporting him and 34% aligned with Harris. White “mainline” non-evangelical Protestants showed a similar split.By contrast 78% black Protestants supported Harris while just 9% backed Trump, according to the survey. Harris’s backers also included Jewish-Americans, the religiously unaffiliated and other non-Christian Americans, according to the PRRI.

When it came to the actual vote, there were signs of departures from familiar patterns.The results from Michigan showed a clear lurch towards the Republican Party by Muslim voters in the state, likely the result of the Biden administration’s role in aiding Israel in its war in Gaza.Analysis also shows that more Latino Catholics voted for Trump than expected, when previously they have tended to lean Democrat.

Economic hardship brought about by soaring inflation, among other factors, is likely to have resulted in “non-traditional” Republican voters being drawn to vote for Trump.As for his appeal to traditionalist Christians, Dr Jones argues that there has been a faith component to the idea of “Making America Great Again”, with the promise of restoring the country's Christian character.

“His has been a campaign of grievance and loss and nostalgia,” argues Dr Jones, “and that includes nostalgia from a faith perspective.”

For all his political strength, one thing that Trump cannot do is hold back the tide of demographic change in the US - including the move away from faith.She told BBC Scotland News she had called a meeting with directors of education, the chief examiner and the chief inspector to discuss “the need for improvement across the country”.

Ms Gilruth acknowledged the attainment gap had widened, but said the pandemic had made closing it “more challenging”.“I am very clear that the status quo is not good enough,” she added. “There have not been the improvements we would like to see this year.”

Scottish Conservative education spokesperson Liam Kerr condemned the "chaotic and shambolic" exam results delays.He added: “The widening of the attainment gap continues to shamefully let down pupils from our most deprived backgrounds."