Fewer See Democrats as Friendly Toward Religion Than in 2008
After peaking at 38% in mid-2008 during Obama’s presidential election campaign, the number of Americans describing the Democratic Party as friendly toward religion returned in mid-2009 to levels similar to those seen in 2005 through 2007. About one-in-five say Democrats are unfriendly toward religion (22%), up from 15% who felt that way last year but about the same as in surveys conducted in 2005 and 2006.
Fewer See Democrats as Friendly Toward  | Religion Than in 2008  | 40  | 42  | 38  | 39 Neutral  | 36  | 29 Friendly  | 26  | 20  | 20  | 22 Unfriendly  | 12  | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009  | a .250a 