{"id":2360754,"date":"2024-10-28T19:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-affiliation-divided-along-racial-lines-among-churchgoers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T19:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T23:57:36","slug":"political-affiliation-divided-along-racial-lines-among-churchgoers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-affiliation-divided-along-racial-lines-among-churchgoers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Political affiliation divided along racial lines among churchgoers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitical-affiliation-divided-along-racial-lines-among-churchgoers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> \u2062by the Public Religion Research Institute and the \u200bBrookings\u200d Institution\u2064 reveals that political\u200c affiliations among churchgoers are significantly influenced by race. \u2062The \u2064findings\u2064 indicate that white churchgoers tend to support former\u200b President Donald Trump, \u200bwith 76% of those \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">attending church weekly\u200d expressing<\/a> their support. In contrast, black churchgoers show the opposite trend,\u2064 indicating a\u200c lack of support for Trump. \u200cthe data highlights a\u200b clear division in political beliefs along racial lines within the\u2064 church-going\u200b community.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Political affiliation divided along racial lines among churchgoers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1680748\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A new poll found that the political affiliation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"churchgoers\">churchgoers<\/a> was divided along racial lines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The poll from the Public Religion Research Institute and Brookings Institution found that churchgoing positively correlated with support for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> among white churchgoers, while the opposite was true for black churchgoers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters pray for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump after the National Faith Summit at Worship With Wonders Church, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Powder Springs, Georgia. (AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poll found that 76% of whites who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vice-president-pence-senate-majority-leader-mcconnell-and-house-minority-leader-mccarthy-wont-attend-president-trumps-goodbye-ceremony\/\" title=\"Republicans: Vice President Pence, Senate Majority Leader McConnell and House Minority Leader McCarthy, Won\u2019t Attend President Trump\u2019s Goodbye Ceremony\">attend church<\/a> weekly support Trump; this declines to 64% who do as much monthly or a few times a year, then 43% for those who seldom or never attend church. Among black churchgoers, 85% who attend church weekly support Vice President Kamala Harris, 82% who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-college-mandates-monthly-anti-racism-training-sessions-segregates-faculty-by-skin-color\/\" title=\"Minnesota College Mandates Monthly \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training Sessions, Segregates Faculty By Skin Color\">attend monthly<\/a> or a few times a year support Harris, and 76% who seldom or never attend Church support her.<\/p>\n<p>White Evangelical Protestants are Trump&rsquo;s largest backers with 81% supporting him, followed by white Catholics, 61%, then white mainline\/non-Evangelical Protestants, 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s biggest backers are black Protestants, 83%, religiously unaffiliated people, 70%, and Hispanic Catholics, 61%.<\/p>\n<p>While Hispanic Catholics largely support Harris, Hispanic Christians of all types that attend church weekly swing to Trump, with 55% supporting him over 41% supporting Harris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The poll found several areas of overlap between white and Hispanic Protestants, the majority of both support Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The exodus of Christian Hispanics away from Catholicism toward Protestantism could help explain Trump&rsquo;s increasing standing with Hispanics. Half of Hispanics are expected to be Protestant by 2030, a demographic that was once almost uniformly Catholic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1680748\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1680748\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll shows churchgoers&#8217; political views split by race, with white attendees favoring Trump and black attendees supporting Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2360756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Churches-politics.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43903,43901,43902,32076],"class_list":["post-2360754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-churchgoers","tag-political-affiliation","tag-racial-lines","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Churches-politics.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}