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.
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Majorities of White Christian groups say the large number of migrants seeking to enter at the border with Mexico is a “crisis” for the United States.
Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
Here are key findings from our research on the relationship between religion and government in the U.S. and Americans’ views on the issue.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
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