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Most Americans Don’t Believe God Played a Role in Recent Presidential Election Outcomes
56% of Americans say religion shapes how they vote only ‘a little’ or ‘not at all’
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- Most Americans Don’t Believe God Played a Role in Recent Presidential Election Outcomes
- 4% say God chose Trump for president in 2024 because God approves of his policies; 2% say Biden won in 2020 because God approved his policies
- In a 2020 survey, 5% said God picked Trump for president in 2016 because of Trump’s policies; 3% said the same about Obama’s earlier elections
- 80% of U.S. Christians say ‘good Christians’ can disagree about Trump
- Fewer than 1 in 10 in each party say God chose recent presidential winners because of their policies
- 8% of White evangelicals say God chose Donald Trump because God approves of his policies
- 51% of Black Protestants say Trump’s election was part of God’s plan, but that this doesn’t necessarily mean God approves of his policies
- Most Catholics and White nonevangelical Protestants think God played no role in the election of Trump or Biden
- About 9 in 10 religiously unaffiliated Americans say God plays no role in presidential elections or that they don’t believe in God at all
- Majorities in all Christian subgroups say that ‘good Christians’ can disagree about Trump
- A quarter of U.S. adults say religion shapes how they vote a great deal or quite a bit
- 56% of Americans say religion shapes how they vote only ‘a little’ or ‘not at all’