{"id":9987,"date":"2020-05-11T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/more-americans-say-trump-administration-has-helped-evangelicals-than-other-groups\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T01:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:15:40","slug":"more-americans-say-trump-administration-has-helped-evangelicals-than-other-groups","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/11\/more-americans-say-trump-administration-has-helped-evangelicals-than-other-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"More Americans say Trump administration has helped evangelicals than other groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href='https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium not-transparent\" alt=\"Nigerians generally express positive views of China\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=300,287 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=160,153 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=423,405 423w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=200,192 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=260,249 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=310,297 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/ft_2020.04.23_nigeriachina_02.png?resize=420,402 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"e2e4d8\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2e4d8;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_363237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363237\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363237\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FT_20.05.07_trumpHelpHurt_featured.jpg\" alt=\"Religious leaders pray with President Donald Trump during a January rally in Florida. (Scott McIntyre\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Religious leaders pray with President Donald Trump during a January rally in Florida. (Scott McIntyre\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has described himself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/remarks-president-trump-state-union-address-3\/\">defender of religious liberty<\/a>. But how do Americans perceive the Trump administration\u2019s effect on various religious groups?<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-363235\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FT_20.05.08_trumpHelpHurt_allAdults640px.png\" alt=\"Nearly half of Americans say the Trump administration has hurt Muslims\" width=\"420\" height=\"361\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On balance, Americans are most likely to say the administration has helped evangelical Christians and that it has hurt Muslims, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2020\/03\/12\/white-evangelicals-see-trump-as-fighting-for-their-beliefs-though-many-have-mixed-feelings-about-his-personal-conduct\/\">February Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Opinions about the Trump administration\u2019s impact on Jews are more mixed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than four-in-ten U.S. adults (43%) say the Trump administration has helped evangelical Christians, though a similar share (44%) say the administration has had no effect on this group. Just 11% of Americans say the Trump administration has hurt evangelical Christians.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\"><h1 id=\"how-we-did-this\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we did this<\/h1><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s pronouncements and policy decisions often touch on issues of importance to particular religious groups. To assess how Americans view his administration\u2019s impact on these groups, we surveyed 6,395 U.S. adults from Feb. 4 to Feb. 15, 2020, as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2020\/03\/12\/white-evangelicals-see-trump-as-fighting-for-their-beliefs-though-many-have-mixed-feelings-about-his-personal-conduct\/\">wider report <\/a>exploring the intersection of religion and politics in the United States. All respondents to the survey are part of Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/u-s-survey-research\/american-trends-panel\/\">the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/PF.03.12.20_religion.politics.TOPLINE.pdf\">the questions used<\/a>\u00a0for this report, along with responses, and its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2020\/03\/12\/methodology-32\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views on this question vary by respondents\u2019 religious affiliation. Among white evangelical Protestants themselves, most feel that the Trump administration has had a positive impact on their affairs. About six-in-ten (59%) say that the administration has helped evangelicals, while only 7% say it has hurt them. Jews (64%) are about as likely to say the Trump administration has helped evangelical Christians, while black Protestants (21%) are least likely to say this.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-363236\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FT_20.05.08_trumpHelpHurt_evang640px.png\" alt=\"Six-in-ten white evangelicals say Trump has helped evangelical Christians\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effects of Trump\u2019s presidency on Muslims, on the other hand, are widely perceived to be negative. Americans are about seven times more likely to say that the Trump administration has hurt Muslims as they are to say it has helped them (48% vs. 7%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Jews and the religiously unaffiliated \u2013 two groups that consistently identify as politically liberal and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2018\/03\/20\/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups\/#religious-affiliation-and-party-identification\">Democratic<\/a> \u2013 majorities of six-in-ten or more believe the Trump administration has hurt Muslims. \u00a0The religiously unaffiliated, also known as the religious \u201cnones,\u201d include atheists, agnostics and people who describe their beliefs as \u201cnothing in particular.\u201d (The survey included too few Muslim respondents to permit them to be analyzed separately.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views on whether the Trump administration has helped or hurt Jews are more divided. The share of U.S. adults who say the administration has helped Jews (29%) is roughly equal to the share who say it has hurt them (26%), while about four-in-ten U.S. adults (42%) say the administration has not made much of a difference for Jews.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Jews themselves, 40% say the administration has helped Jews, 36% say it has hurt them, and 23% say it has not made much difference. White evangelical Protestants are far more positive in their estimation of whether the administration has helped or hurt Jews, with more than half (57%) saying it has helped Jewish people, while just one-in-ten say it has hurt them. White evangelicals are the only religious group in which a majority says the administration has helped Jews.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also asked respondents to assess the Trump administration\u2019s impact on Catholics and the religiously unaffiliated. Majorities of U.S. adults say that the administration has not made much of a difference for Catholics (62%) or for the religiously unaffiliated (65%).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has called himself a defender of religious liberty. 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