Religion news 7 November 2024
from Religion Media Centre:
Donald Trump: “Many people have told me that God saved my life for a reason and that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness, and now we are going to fulfil that mission together”.
Kamala Harris: “I know many people feel like we are entering a dark tunnel but for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case, but if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant billion stars, the light of optimism, of faith, of truth and service”.
81 per cent of white evangelicals and 56 per cent of Catholics supported Trump
Exit polling at the US presidential election indicates Trump won 81 per cent support from white evangelicals, marginally down from 84 per cent in 2020. The poll also found 56 per cent of Catholics supported Trump, 15 per cent more than supported Kamala Harris, trebling the margin from the 2020 election. Only 21 per cent of Jewish people voted for him, and 33 per cent of other religions. The poll published in The Washington Post, was by Edison Research, which has conducted exit polling for 20 years on behalf of the National Election Pool consortium of ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News. The findings are from interviews of 22,205 randomly selected voters as they left voting centres and by phone, text, email or online. The poll suggests 25 per cent of voters were Catholic, 40 per cent Protestant and 25 per cent no religion. 62 per cent of Protestants voted for Trump. 72 per cent of “no religion” voted for Harris. Among Hispanics, 64 per cent of Protestants and 53 per cent Catholics voted for Trump. The Jewish Chronicle has analysed several polls examining the Jewish vote. Bob Smietana from the Religion News Service analyses the polling data here
Right to abortion passed in seven out of ten states
Abortion was on the ballot in ten states. Reuters reports on the results in all of the states here. In seven states, the guarantee for abortion rights passed. In Florida and South Dakota, bills failed. In Nebraska, a bill adding the right to access abortions to the state constitution failed, but another measure enshrining the state’s current 12-week ban, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, passed. RNS report here.
Voters’ view of candidates’ religious affiliation
Pew Research has published a poll showing that more people have become convinced of Donald Trump’s affiliation to religion over the past year, despite his loose description of himself as a non-denominational Christian. But fewer people were convinced of the strength of Kamala Harris’ faith, despite it being well reported that she was a lifelong Baptist and regular churchgoer. In a February poll, four per cent of US adults said Trump is very religious, 25 per cent said he is somewhat religious, and 68 per cent said he is not too religious or not religious at all. The poll was repeated in early October and found the positive numbers had increased. Six per cent said he is very religious, 31 per cent that he is somewhat religious and 62 per cent said he is not too religious or not religious at all. For Kamala Harris, known as a regular churchgoer, but a late entry to the presidential race, the only poll was made in October. It found four per cent said she was very religious, 35 per cent somewhat religious and 58 per cent not too religious or not religious at all.
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