My point isn't so much about "evangelicals and white Catholics", it is more about, let's call them "traditionalists" to expand the group.  Religious folks are just a part of the overall traditionalist group ( a Venn diagram would help here).  The democrat/progressive/liberal agenda moved too fast and went too far during the Obama years.  It got too far out in front of what too many people found acceptable at this time.  A little bit slower and Hillary would probably be president right now and the democrat/progressive/liberal agenda would probably have another eight years to expand.  This is what the traditionalists reacted against and Trump used to his advantage, along with the electoral system.