The purpose of this article is to explicate the reasons the white evangelical protestants voted for Donald Trump by relying on the model of status politics. Along with this purpose, this article also attempts to contextualize the white evangelical protestants’ support for Trump within the history of their political mobilization since the late 1970s. With these objectives in mind, this article first describes the white evangelical protestants’ political participation both in the 1994 mid-term congressional election and in the 2004 presidential election, before providing an empirical explanation on their ardent support for Trump. As widely known, the status politics highlights the anxiety and discontent among some social subgroups faced with rapid social change threatening their traditional position. Seen from this perspective, the white evangelicals’ support for Trump in the 2016 presidential election and afterward can be best explained by their fear of the cultural shift threatening their Christian beliefs, and at the same time by Trump’s tactical persuasion that he will be their protector against non-Christian intruders.