Pro-Trump Evangelical Outreach Stalled by Uneasy Donors
Many key donors are either withholding funds altogether or insisting their money goes only to support House and Senate candidates.
David Koch appears at the Economic Club of New York on Dec. 9, 2013.
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Conservative religious leaders are struggling to mobilize a broad, coordinated effort to get evangelicals to the polls in November as some donors balk at supporting Donald Trump.
An alliance of more than 70 groups is targeting about 24 million registered voters across 11 battleground states who have identified themselves as born-again Christians and didn't cast a ballot in the 2012 election, according to United in Purpose, the group coordinating the effort. The lists include millions of people in states that President Barack Obama won by narrow margins.