Leaders of a socially conservative organization said evangelical Christians think of former President Donald Trump favorably because of his accomplishments in office.

During a pre-primary debate press call, two leaders of the Faith and Freedom Coalition described what they expect Christian and conservative voters to be watching for.

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"I think the reason why evangelicals are kind of solid with Trump is because they know what he's delivered on in the past," Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition President Steve Scheffler said in response to a question about a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa poll that showed Trump being the most favorably viewed candidate by evangelicals, at 74%.

Trump is largely credited with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 due to his appointing of three of the Supreme Court justices who decided the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, which sent the matter of abortion back to the states. This is something Trump takes credit for, touting his ability to produce tangible results.

While Scheffler noted that Trump has the "inside track," he isn't discounting a significant challenge emerging from the debate. "What these other candidates have to prove is that if and when they get the nomination, they're elected, that they will be bold in going forward and keeping their promises," he said.

"That's the obstacle that they have to overcome," he claimed. "But if they can make the case with evangelicals, that they will be rock solid, and they won't waver ... then I think they've got a shot at it."

Timothy Head, executive director for the Faith and Freedom Coalition, agreed with the assessment.

Head added, "The more that Trump is attacked, or at least is perceived to have been attacked, by either the Biden administration in the federal government or by various prosecutors in different places," people who are "predisposed" to supporting Trump become even more sympathetic toward him, and he seems to become more appealing.

"It seems to kind of corroborate in those voters' minds that Trump is perceived as a threat by various kind of entities or ideologies on the Left," he said.

"The more he's attacked, the more sympathetic probably all center-right voters, but especially faith-based voters, find him," Head continued.

The coalition reiterated during the call that it wouldn't be issuing any endorsements in the primaries or caucuses. "We're committed to seeing pro-life, pro-faith, pro-family, and pro-Israel candidates flourish. From our vantage point, at this point, all of the candidates that are on the stage today have strong resumes and strong policy positions on each of those. They may be slightly nuanced in different directions, but ultimately strong in all of those. Our approach is really for 1,000 flowers to bloom here and for the competition," Head explained.

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He also noted that the contest is "between Trump and these others to really kind of determine who can solidify themselves as the alternative to Trump, so to speak, among early caucus voters or early primary voters."

"Will any of these [candidates] take it upon themselves to attack each other? So, not only will they attack Trump, but will they attack each other," he said of what socially conservative voters will be looking out for.