Millions of Christians won’t vote in the US election. Here’s why they should

The US election is just weeks away, but new research suggests at least 32 million Christians won’t be voting. Tim Farron makes the case for why believers should engage in the democratic process

The US presidential election is a fortnight away, and many of us in the UK are closely following the contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. America exerts a huge influence on the world stage, and so the choice of the next White House incumbent matters to us all.

Of course, most of us on this side of the pond cannot vote. But new research by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has found that up to 32 million church-going Christians in the US are not intending to use their vote, either.

This rises to a possible 104 million self-identified “people of faith” who are planning to sit on their hands when their country goes to the polls on 5 November. With a voting age population of 268 million, the research forecasts an overall turnout of around 55 per cent. For comparison, turnout at this year’s UK general election in July was just under 60 per cent.