Among white Christians, regular churchgoers approve matching of Trump's exceeding job performance at rates matching or exceeding less-frequent attenders % who approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president
White evangelical Protestants who regularly attend church (that is, once a week or more) approve of Trump at rates matching or exceeding those of white evangelicals who attend church less often. Indeed, in the first few months of Trump’s presidency, white evangelicals who attended church at least weekly were significantly more likely than less-frequent churchgoers to approve of Trump’s performance (79% vs. 71%). In the most recent period analyzed – from July 2018 to January 2019 – 70% of white evangelicals who attend church at least once a week approve of Trump, as do 65% of those who attend religious services less often.
Among white Catholics, there have also been differences in presidential approval between those who attend Mass weekly and those who do not. In the early months of Trump’s presidency, weekly Mass-attending Catholics were 12 points more likely than less-regular attendees to approve of Trump’s performance. There was an 11-point gap between these groups in the first half of 2018. In the most recent period analyzed, 52% of white Catholics who attend Mass weekly approve of Trump, as do 45% of those who attend services less often.
Among white mainline Protestants, approval of the president is not meaningfully different between weekly attenders and those who attend less often.
Among white Christians, regular churchgoers  | approve matching of Trump's exceeding job performance at rates  | matching or exceeding less-frequent attenders  | % who approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job  | as president  | White mainline  | White evangelical  | White Catholic  | Protestant  | Protestant  | 79%  | Attend church  | weekly  | 71%  | 70  | 65  | Attend church  | Attend less  | 60  | weekly  | often  | Attend less often  | 52  | 50  | 48  | 45  | 45  | Attend church  | Attend less  | weekly  | often  | FEB JULY JAN JULY  | FEB- JULY JAN JULY  | FEB JULY JAN JULY  | JUNE DEC JUNE JAN 19 JUNE DEC JUNE JAN 19  | JUNE DEC JUNE JAN 19  | 2017  | 2018  | 2017  | 2018  | 2017  | 2018  | Source: Aggregated Pew Research Center surveys.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 