{"id":21365,"date":"2024-03-27T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=21365"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:21:45","slug":"americans-believe-faith-is-losing-its-influence-dont-believe-biden-or-trump-have-strong-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/03\/americans-believe-faith-is-losing-its-influence-dont-believe-biden-or-trump-have-strong-faith","title":{"rendered":"Americans Believe Faith is Losing its Influence, Don\u2019t Believe Biden or Trump Have Strong Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21368\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/03\/religion-losing-influence_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21368\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/03\/religion-losing-influence_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A recent Pew Research Center <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2024\/03\/15\/8-in-10-americans-say-religion-is-losing-influence-in-public-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">study<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0shows that the majority of Americans believe religion has lost its influence in American life. The poll was conducted between February 13-25, with responses from 12,693 US adults. In 2002, 52 percent of US adults believed that religion was losing its influence in American life, while 37 percent believed it was gaining influence. In this most recent poll, 80 percent believed religion was losing its influence, while only 18 percent believed it was gaining. Forty-nine percent of those who believe religion is losing its influence shared that they believed it was a bad thing, while 57 percent expressed a positive view of religion\u2019s influence on America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the feeling that religion is losing its influence on America, 94 percent stated it was either \u201cvery\u201d or \u201csomewhat\u201d important for a president to live a moral life. Another 64 percent stated they desired a president who would protect those with religious beliefs. Nearly half of Americans (48 percent) feel they have religious views that are at odds with mainstream views, and 29 percent consider themselves as part of a minority group due to their religious beliefs. When it comes to a president\u2019s religious beliefs, 48 percent of Americans stated it was important for a president to have strong religious beliefs, while 37 percent wanted a president that had the same religious beliefs as them. The differences were stark when compared with political affiliation, with 61 percent of Republican or Republican-leaning Americans preferring a president with strong religious beliefs, while only 36 percent of Democrats and Democrat leaners agreed. Fifty-five percent of Americans believe the country should enforce the separation of church and state, known as the establishment clause, but 44 percent who don\u2019t believe Christianity should be the official religion of the US still believe that Christian values should be promoted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When it comes to current presidential candidates Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, Americans don\u2019t seem to think too highly of their own religious beliefs. Only 4 percent of Americans considered Trump \u201cvery religious,\u201d while 13 percent believe Biden is. Sixty-eight percent believed that Trump is either \u201cnot at all\u201d or \u201cnot too\u201d religious, while 44 percent believed the same about Biden. Sixty-two percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Biden, while 60 percent have an unfavorable view of Trump.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Researchers stated the findings showed a growing unease in Americans. \u201cOverall, there are widespread signs of unease with religion\u2019s trajectory in American life,\u201d wrote researchers. \u201cThis dissatisfaction is not just among religious Americans. Rather, many religious and nonreligious Americans say they feel that their religious beliefs put them at odds with mainstream culture, with the people around them and with the other side of the political spectrum.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Pew Research Center study\u00a0shows that the majority of Americans believe religion has lost its influence in American life. The poll was conducted between February 13-25, with responses from 12,693 US adults. 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