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.
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
Self-identified Christians make up 63% of the U.S. population in 2021, down from 75% a decade ago.
A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.
The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
Roughly seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants approve of Trump’s presidential job performance. Other religious groups are more divided.
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.
Nearly eight-in-ten black Americans identify as Christian, compared with 70% of whites, 77% of Latinos and just 34% of Asian Americans.
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