• 61% of Mormons approved of Trump in 2017
  • Muslims’ average approval was 18%; Jews’ was 26%
  • Catholics’ approval of Trump was 38%, similar to the national average

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump received well-above-average job approval ratings in 2017 from Mormons and Protestants, and well-below-average ratings from those who identify with a non-Christian faith, including Muslims and Jews, and from those who have no formal religious identity. Catholics’ approval of Trump roughly matched the national average.

Trump Job Approval, by Religious Identification
Approve

%

Mormon
61

Protestant/Other Christian
48

National adults
39

Catholic
38

Jewish
26

None/Atheist/Agnostic
23

Other non-Christian religion
22

Muslim
18

GALLUP DAILY, 2017

These results are based on more than 122,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking in 2017, with sample sizes ranging from 60,411 Protestants to 893 Muslims.

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The pattern of Trump’s job approval rating among religious groups reflects the general structure of religion and politics in the U.S. today rather than anything particularly unusual about the Trump presidency. In recent decades, Protestants and Mormons have typically been more likely […]

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