While Americans have a positive view of most religious groups, they have a negative view of atheists, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
in that vote On March 15, Pew found that nearly a quarter (24 percent) of Americans have a very unfavorable or somewhat unfavorable view of atheists, while only one in five (20 percent) hold a favorable view. Extremely or somewhat positive about non-believers.
“Atheists have negative feelings toward Christian groups in the United States, and the feeling tends to be mutual,” Pew noted in the survey, which it released March 15.
For their part, atheists feel “overwhelmingly negative” about evangelical Christians, Pew found, with more than three-quarters (79 percent) expressing unfavorable views, compared to just 3 percent expressing positive views.
Pew revealed that atheists are also more negative than positive towards Catholics, Mainstream Protestants, Mormons, and Muslims.
St. Paul, Minnesota, billboard says atheists vote too. (Michael Sellock/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty)
The new survey asked respondents whether their views of various religious groups were very favorable, somewhat favorable, not favorable or unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable; Respondents also had the option to say they “didn’t know enough to say”.
Democrats tend to have a more favorable view of atheists than Republicans. Among Democrats and smaller Democrats, 24% have a positive view of atheists while only 16% hold a negative view. By contrast, among Republicans and leaner Republicans, 35 percent have a negative view of atheists, while only 10 percent have a positive view of atheists.
The group that performed best overall was Jews, with 35% of respondents saying they had a somewhat favorable or very positive view of Jews, while only 6% said they had an unfavorable view. Fifty-eight percent of people said they had neither.
Protestants also had a net preference rating of 20 points, and Catholics had a net preference rating of 16 points.
The two religious groups that received a net negative rating were Muslims and Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints). Only 17 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Muslims, compared to 22 percent who hold an unfavorable view.
Mormons has a net disadvantage rating of 10 points. Of all Americans, 25 percent have a somewhat unfavorable or somewhat unfavorable view of Mormons, while 15 percent have a very or somewhat unfavorable view.
Only 43 percent of Americans personally know Mormons, however, the smallest percentage of any group.
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