Among Democrats, Christians lean toward Biden, while ‘nones’ prefer Sanders
Early indications are that candidate preferences by religion will be familiar in November – and closely linked to each group’s party leanings.
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Early indications are that candidate preferences by religion will be familiar in November – and closely linked to each group’s party leanings.
White evangelical or born-again Christians backed GOP candidates for the House at about the same rate in 2014. Religious “nones” and Jewish voters again largely backed Democratic candidates.
On a number of issues, Catholic partisans often express opinions more in line with their political parties’ positions than with their church’s teachings.
White evangelicals overwhelming voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, and their support has continued into his presidency.
There has long been a consensus that churches should not endorse specific candidates for public office, and a current law known as the Johnson Amendment prohibits them from involvement in political campaigns.
The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.
Evangelicals and churchgoing Republicans were initially skeptical of Trump, but their support for him has now firmed up.
Nearly four-in-ten white evangelical voters who support Trump mention that they do so at least in part because he is not Clinton.
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.
Despite strong support for Republican Ken Cuccinelli from white evangelical voters, Democrat Terry McAuliffe defeated Cuccinelli on Tuesday in Virginia’s 2013 gubernatorial election by a 48%-45% margin. In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie won re-election over Democrat Barbara Buono (60% to 38%) with strong support from both Protestants and Catholics. Virginia Eight-in-ten white evangelical voters […]
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