Americans care more about having a moral, ethical president than about having a religious president % of U.S. adults who say it is very or somewhat important to them to have a U.S. president who
The questions explored in this analysis, part of a survey conducted Feb. 4 to 15, did not mention President Donald Trump or any other president by name. However, other questions in the survey asked about Trump specifically, including whether respondents consider him to be morally upstanding, honest or religious. Data from those sections of the survey show that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say that “morally upstanding” and “honest” describe Trump at least fairly well. Republicans are also more likely to view Trump as at least somewhat religious. (For the full set of findings, read the report.)
Americans care more about having a moral, ethical president than about  | having a religious president  | % of U.S. adults who say it is very or somewhat important to them to have a U.S. president who  | has strong  | religious beliefs  | personally  | stands uu for  | (even if they  | lives a moral,  | are different  | shares your  | people with your  | ethical life  | religious beliefs  | religious beliefs  | from your own)  | Very  | Somewhat  | Very  | Somewhat  | Very Somewhat  | Very Somewhat  | All U.S adults  | 20% 32%  | 14 25%  | 63%  | 31%  | 38%  | 31%  | Christian  | 21  | 64  | 31  | 48  | 33  | 29  | 41  | 34  | Protestant  | 65  | 30  | 53  | 32  | 31  | 43  | 25  | 37  | 34  | White evangelical  | 63  | 34  | 67  | 27  | 34  | 47  | 42  | 35  | White, not evangelical  | 58  | 35  | 40  | 20  | 45  | 34  | Black Protestant  | 73  | 20  | 52  | 32  | 40  | 34  | 30  | 34  | 31  | 14 28  | Catholic  | 62  | 38  | 35  | 26  | 36  | 34  | White  | 61  | 40  | 36  | 24  | 38  | 9 28  | Hispanic  | 29  | 34  | 33  | 28  | 32  | 22  | 28  | 60  | 1 15  | Jewish  | 6  | 25  | 60  | 22  | 12 28  | 10 4  | Unaffiliated  | 32  | 19  | 28  | 17  | 5  | Atheist  | 4  | 29  | 20 22  | 2  | 59  | 4  | Agnostic  | 34  | 12 27  | Nothing in particular  | 59  | 31  | 21  | 30  | 25  | 14  | Note: Blacks and whites ware not Hispanic; Hispanics ware of jany race  | Source: Survey conducted Feb. 4-15 2020, among U.S adults.  | White Evangelicals See Trump as Fighting for Their Beliefs, Though Many Have Mixed Feelings About His Personal Conduct"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 