{"id":19202,"date":"2023-10-13T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=19202"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:46:19","slug":"new-poll-shows-more-republican-voters-see-trump-as-a-person-of-faith-than-his-gop-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/10\/new-poll-shows-more-republican-voters-see-trump-as-a-person-of-faith-than-his-gop-rivals","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows More Republican Voters See Trump as a Person of Faith Than His GOP Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17727\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/05\/trump-church_credit-Grindstone-Media-Group-Shutterstock-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17727\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/05\/trump-church_credit-Grindstone-Media-Group-Shutterstock-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock.com | Grindstone Media Group \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A new <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/2023\/9\/26\/23891360\/trump-biden-man-of-faith-religious-mitt-romney-vivek-ramaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">poll<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0conducted by HarrisX for Deseret News revealed disparate views between Republicans and Democrats on who is a \u201cperson of faith\u201d in their respective parties. The poll was conducted Sept. 8-11 among 1,002 registered voters. Sixty-three percent of Democrats stated they believed President Joe Biden to be a \u201cperson of faith,\u201d while Vice President Kamala Harris came in second place at 45 percent amongst Democrats. These numbers changed significantly when posed to Republicans, with 23 percent stating that Biden is a person of faith and only 12 percent stating that Harris is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> President Biden is Catholic, and while running for President in 2020, he wrote to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/voices\/the-greatest-commandment-has-guided-my-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Christian Post<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0touting the role his faith has played in his life, writing, \u201cMy Catholic faith drilled into me a core truth \u2013 that every person on earth is equal in rights and dignity because we are all beloved children of God. We are all created \u2018imago Dei\u2019 \u2013 beautifully, uniquely, in the image of God, with inherent worth. It is the same creed that is at the core of our American experiment and written into our founding documents \u2013 that we are all created equal and endowed by our creator with inalienable rights.\u201d Biden has faced criticism for his support of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2022\/statement-us-bishops-pro-life-chairman-churchs-teaching-light-presidents-commitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">codifying abortion into national law<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which differs strongly from the Catholic catechism, which states, \u201cHuman life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.\u201d The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Committee on Pro-Life Activities\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2022\/statement-us-bishops-pro-life-chairman-churchs-teaching-light-presidents-commitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">rebuked<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0him with a statement saying, \u201cThe President is gravely wrong to continue to seek every possible avenue to facilitate abortion, instead of using his power to increase support and care to mothers in challenging situations. This single-minded extremism must end, and we implore President Biden to recognize the humanity in preborn children and the genuine life-giving care needed by women in this country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Meanwhile, Republicans chose former president Donald Trump as the person they most see as a person of faith, with 53 percent choosing him, one point higher than the 52 percent Mike Pence received. Governor Ron DeSantis received 47 percent, while Nikki Haley and Senator Tim Scott both received 31 percent. Vivek Ramaswamy, the only non-Christian in the GOP primary, received 30 percent. Trump\u2019s numbers were lower, however, when evangelical voters were polled, with only 37 percent stating he is a person of faith while 65 percent stated Mike Pence is. Although Trump has managed to keep his edge amongst evangelical voters, there have been some indications of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-keeps-edge-among-evangelicals-there-is-an-opening-challengers-2023-04-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">tension in the relationship<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Once again, abortion could play a role in this tension. Despite initially\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-was-able-kill-roe-v-wade-rcna84897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">touting the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0as a political victory, Trump has been somewhat more ambivalent about abortion laws in the country lately. He\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-desantis-abortion-ban-republican-primary-5bdbba55f9c2f328d49b5fbe9727677e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">criticized<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Ron DeSantis for Florida\u2019s abortion ban after 6 weeks as a \u201cterrible mistake,\u201d sparking outrage from other Republicans. DeSantis pushed back, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know how you can even make the claim that you\u2019re somehow pro-life if you\u2019re criticizing states for enacting pro-life protections for babies.\u201d Unsurprisingly, only 14 percent of Democrats believe the former President to be a person of faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll\u00a0conducted by HarrisX for Deseret News revealed disparate views between Republicans and Democrats on who is a \u201cperson of faith\u201d in their respective parties. The poll was conducted Sept. 8-11 among 1,002 registered voters. Sixty-three percent of Democrats stated they believed President Joe Biden to be a \u201cperson of faith,\u201d while Vice President&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":17727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Poll Shows More Republican Voters See Trump as a Person of Faith Than His GOP Rivals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new poll\u00a0revealed disparate views between Republicans and Democrats on who is a \u201cperson of faith\u201d in their respective parties.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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