The one area where religious groups appeared to agree was regarding Trump’s behavior in comparison with his predecessors. A majority of white evangelicals (55%) said they wish Trump behaved more like his predecessors, compared to 66% each of white mainline Protestants and white Catholics, and 67% of Hispanic Protestants. Seventy-one percent of Hispanic Catholics and non-Christian religious Americans wished Trump’s behavior was more in line with his predecessors.
On other issues, such as whether God has granted the U.S. a special role in history, the divisions surfaced once again: A strong majority (71%) of white evangelicals said the U.S. plays a special role—more than any other religious group. Only 35% of white Catholics, 32% of white mainline Protestants, and 15% of religiously unaffiliated Americans agree with the statement about the U.S.’ special role. But even among evangelicals, there was a notable decline in support for the statement from four years ago, when 82% of white evangelicals said the same.
The survey also found there were no religious groups in which a majority agreed the U.S. sets a good moral example for the world. Only 33% of white Catholics, 29% of white mainline Protestants and 28% of white evangelicals agreed. Black Protestants (14%) and religiously unaffiliated Americans (10%) were even less likely to agree America sets a good moral example.
The margin of error for the survey was plus or minus 2.6 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.
This article originally appeared on ReligionNews.com.
