Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
Most registered voters who are White Christians would vote for Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
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Most registered voters who are White Christians would vote for Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
46% of Americans report that they’ve been visited by a dead family member in a dream, while 31% report having been visited by dead relatives in some other form.
About a third of U.S. parents with children under 18 say it’s extremely or very important to them that their kids share their religious beliefs.
In 2020, properties in 102 of the 198 countries and territories in the study were targeted in incidents tied to religion.
The most common kinds of government restrictions on religion in 2021 included harassment of religious groups and interference in worship.
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
As the nation’s post-Roe chapter begins and the legal battle shifts to the states, here are key facts about Americans’ views on abortion.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
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