White Christians continue to favor Trump over Biden, but support has slipped
President Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three traditions has slipped since August.
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President Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three traditions has slipped since August.
Like U.S. adults overall, the majority of U.S. Catholics say abortion should be legal – at least in some cases.
77% of white evangelicals say they are at least somewhat confident that the president is doing a good job responding to the outbreak.
Christians are more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to see the Supreme Court favorably (69% vs. 51%).
Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.
The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.
As Donald Trump has racked up big wins among self-described “born-again or evangelical” Christians in many of the early primaries, some religious leaders, political analysts and researchers have questioned whether many of these self-described evangelicals actually are evangelical Christians.
Some of the stigma associated with atheism may be fading as the number of U.S. adults self-identifying as atheist or agnostic rises.
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