Prayer by Order - How the Most Powerful Country in the World Is Becoming an Evangelical Religious State Under Trump<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich brings us to the one group strangely missing from Johnson's equation - the voters. Their opinion is already known, and it is unforgiving. According to a poll released this week, only 32 percent of Americans view Republicans in Congress favorably, while 58 percent view them unfavorably. Asked whether the Republican Party has become too extreme, 51 percent said yes and only 34 percent said no. And when asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, 40 percent chose the Democratic candidate in their own district compared to 34 percent for the Republican, a six point Democratic lead just months before Election Day. It is not hard to see why a man confronted with numbers like these would rather hand responsibility over to heaven. Voters are stubborn sovereigns. Heaven remains silent and can be made to say anything. It is far easier to appeal to an authority that never has to face a poll than to confront the one that is preparing to vote you out of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet there is an unintended honesty in Johnson's words. The moment you declare victory to be God's work, you have already written off the voter. You no longer have to persuade people. You only have to sanctify your cause. That is where the real danger lies, far beyond a single remark. A democracy survives because those in power are accountable to the people, not to a heaven that never has to answer for anything. The moment one replaces the other, democracy has already been discarded in the mind long before the first ballot is counted. Which leaves one simple question. What happens if, on Election Night, God votes differently than Mike Johnson prayed He would? One thing is certain. It will not be treated as their own failure. It will be called a test, God's plan, divine providence, anything except what it would actually be - a defeat delivered by the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n