Pew Poll: Democrats Are Losing Jews And Catholics
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010
Pew released their annual poll on Religion and Politics. Most of the focus has been on one set of questions surrounding President Obama’s religion. The banner headline in the press is the 18% of voters believe that the President is a Muslim. While that has been grabbing the headlines, there are results that are much more interesting and significant, including a significant party preference shift of Jewish and Catholic voters.
On the positive side, Americans want their leaders to have the moral compass of religious belief:
Though the public expresses reservations about churches’ involvement in politics, there is widespread agreement that politicians should be religious. Fully 61% say that is important that members of Congress have strong religious beliefs; just 34% disagree.
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