Republicans Prefer Blunt Talk About Islamic Extremism, Democrats Favor Caution
Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president to speak bluntly about Islamic extremists even if the statements are critical…
Methodology
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-14, 2016 among a national sample of 2,009 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (504 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,505 were interviewed on a cellphone, including 867 […]
Acknowledgments
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Michael Dimock, President Claudia Deane, Vice President, Research Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Carroll Doherty, Director of Political Research Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director, Research Jocelyn Kiley, Associate Director, Research Jessica Hamar Martínez, Senior Researcher Alec Tyson, Senior […]
3. Religion in public life
Religious expression by political leaders Currently, 27% of Americans say there has been too much discussion of religious faith and prayer by political leaders, while 40% say there has been too little religious discussion. At a similar point in the 2012 presidential campaign, the balance of opinion on this question leaned in the opposite direction […]
2. Religion and other candidate traits
Candidate traits: assets and liabilities The survey asked about a series of hypothetical traits of presidential candidates and whether each would make one more or less likely to support a candidate. The most positive trait among those asked about was having served in the military: Half of Americans say they would be more likely to […]
1. Religion and the 2016 presidential candidates
Views of candidates’ religiousness In general, more people view the leading Republican candidates for president as being very or somewhat religious than say the same about the Democratic candidates. Roughly seven-in-ten adults say Ben Carson is at least somewhat religious, for example; 65% say the same about Ted Cruz and 61% say this about Marco […]
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