More than 4 in 10 Americans think the U.S. should be a Christian nation. And one third say it already is. That’s according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. But views on what that means vary. And on the campaign trail, overt Christian nationalist language is showing up more and more from right-wing candidates.

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Christian nationalism makes its mark on the campaign trail