the political preferences of U.S religious groups % of US adults in leach group who lean toward or identify with the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, or another party/no lean 11% +51
Mormons are the most heavily Republican-leaning religious group in the U.S., while a pair of major historically black Protestant denominations – the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the National Baptist Convention – are two of the most reliably Democratic groups, according to our February blog post based on data from Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study.
the political preferences of U.S religious groups  | % of US adults in leach group who lean toward or identify with the Republican Party,  | the Democratic Party, or another party/no lean  | Ind. no  | Democrat) lean/  | Republican)  | lean Rep.  | lean Dem.  | other  | Difference  | 70%  | Mormon  | 19%  | 11% +51  | Church of the Nazarene  | Evangelical  | 24  | 13  | +39  | Southern Baptist Convention  | 26  | 10  | Evangelical  | +38  | Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod  | 27  | 14  | Evangelical  | Assemblies of God  | 27  | +30  | Evangelical  | Presbyterian Church in America  | 60  | +26  | Evangelical  | 34  | Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.)  | 22  | Evangelical  | 26  | +26  | Anglican Church  | 58  | +21  | Mainline  | 37  | United Methodist Church  | 54  | 35  | +19  | Mainline  | Churches of Christ  | 50  | Evangelical  | 39  | +11  | American Baptist Churches AUSA  | 16  | Mainline  | 41  | 42  | +1  | 44  | Presbyterian Church (U.SA.)  | 10  | Mainline  | Evange lical Lutheran Church in America  | 43  | 10  | Mainline  | 37  | Catholic  | 44  | 19  | +7  | All U.S adults  | 37  | 44  | 18  | +7  | 39  | Episcopal Church  | 49  | 12  | +10  | Mainline  | Seventh- day Adventist  | 19  | 35  | 45  | +10  | Evangelical  | Orthodox Christian  | 34  | 22  | +10  | 44  | 75  | +11  | Jehovah's Witness  | 18  | Nothing In particular  | 26  | 26  | +23  | 49  | 31  | 11  | United Church of Christ  | 58  | +27  | Mainline  | Jewish  | 26  | 9  | +38  | 64  | 21  | 15  | Agnostic  | +43  | 64  | 21  | Muslim  | 17  | +45  | Hindu  | 13  | 26  | +48  | 61  | 16  | 16  | +53  | Buddhist  | Atheist  | 15  | 17  | +54  | Church of God in Christ  | 14  | 11  | 75  | +61 Historically black  | Unitarian Universalist  | 14  | +70  | National Baptist Convention  | 8  | +82 Historically black  | African Methodist Episcopal Church  | +88 Historically black  | Source: 2014 U.S Religious Landscape Study, conducted June 4-Sept 30, 2014  | Note: Evangelical, mainline and historically black indicate Protestant tra dition of the row group  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 