Saturday, March 24, 2012

Poll Watch: Pew Research Survey on Religion and Politics

Pew Research Poll on Religion & Politics

In your opinion, should churches and other houses of worship express their views on day-to-day social and political questions – or should they keep out of political matters?
  • Should express views 40%
  • Should keep out 54%


    Do you think there has been too much, too little or the right amount of expressions of religious faith and prayer by political leaders?
    • Too much 38%
    • Too little 30%
    • Right amount 25%

    As I name some groups, please tell me whether you feel each one is generally friendly toward religion, neutral toward religion, or unfriendly toward religion.

    The Democratic Party
    • Friendly 35%
    • Neutral 36%
    • Unfriendly 21%
    The Republican Party
    • Friendly 54%
    • Neutral 24%
    • Unfriendly 13%
       



      The Obama administration
      • Friendly 39%
      • Neutral 32%
      • Unfriendly 23%



        University professors
        • Friendly 14%
        • Neutral 37%
        • Unfriendly 32%
          News reporters and the news media
          • Friendly 19%
          • Neutral 38%
          • Unfriendly 35%
          Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. Do you completely agree, mostly agree, mostly disagree, or completely disagree?

          Religious conservatives have too much control over the Republican Party
          • Completely agree 21%
          • Mostly agree 30%
          • Mostly disagree 27%
          • Completely disagree 13%
          Liberals who are not religious have too much control over the Democratic Party
          • Completely agree 12%
          • Mostly agree 28%
          • Mostly disagree 30%
          • Completely disagree 19%
          Survey of 1,503 adults was conducted March 7-11, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

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