More Republicans are religious than several other Republican figures, his Republican primary challenger and President Biden, a new poll finds.
In the survey, Conducted by HarrisX for the Deseret News64% of Republicans say Trump is a religious person, up from 53% in October.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian, came in second after the Republican, with 56% rating him as a person of faith.
According to the Deseret News, Republican respondents were less likely to say that Trump is “religious,” and cited Trump as a “man of faith based on religious beliefs rather than personal religiosity.” I support people who are.”
Unlike Mr. Pence and other prominent Republicans, Mr. Trump rarely talks about his religious beliefs. At first glance, his history appears to be potentially troubling for Christian conservatives. That's because he's twice divorced and faces legal charges over, among other things, hush money payments to a former adult film star. Regarding the suspicion of extramarital affairs.
Still, the former president has consistently won support from social conservatives.
The poll found that 24% of independent voters consider Trump to be a religious person, compared to just 10% of Democrats.
44% of Republicans say another White House candidate, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, is a religious person, compared to 34% for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie earned 22%, according to the study.
The investigation notes that Haley was raised as a Sikh but converted to Christianity, DeSantis is Catholic and Ramaswami is Hindu.
Only 13% of Republicans said Biden, a devout Catholic who regularly talks about his religious beliefs, is a religious person. Thirty-six percent of independents and 69% of Democrats hold the same opinion.
The survey was conducted Nov. 21-22 among 1,012 registered voters. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.
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