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Most Republicans Support Declaring the United States a Christian Nation
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 21, 2022 08:07am |
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| Category | Poll |
| Author | Stella Rouse and Shibley Telhami |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 21, 2022 09:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | We started by asking participants if they believed the Constitution would even allow the United States government to declare the U.S. a “Christian Nation.” We found that 70 percent of Americans — including 57 percent of Republicans and 81 percent of Democrats — said that the Constitution would not allow such a declaration. (Indeed, the First Amendment says Congress can neither establish nor prohibit the practice of a religion.)
We followed up by asking: “Would You Favor or Oppose the United States Officially Declaring the United States to be a Christian Nation?” The findings were striking.
Overall, 62 percent of respondents said they opposed such a declaration, including 83 percent of Democrats and 39 percent of Republicans. Fully 61 percent of Republicans supported declaring the United States a Christian nation. In other words, even though over half of Republicans previously said such a move would be unconstitutional, a majority of GOP voters would still support this declaration.
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