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Pew Research Surveys Role of Religion in How Americans Vote, by Tessa Gervasini – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Tessa Gervasini is a staff reporter for Catholic News Agency.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 11, 2025 / 07:00 am – A new Pew Research Center study found that religion does not play a large role in how most Americans vote in U.S. elections.

The research was conducted as part of Pew’s “About the American Trends Panel.” It was conducted May 5–11 and surveyed a representative sample of 8,937 U.S. adults. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Of the responding participants, 56% of Americans said religion shapes how they vote “a little” or “not at all,” 18% said religion shapes how they vote “some,” and 25% said religion affects how they vote “a great deal” or “quite a bit.”

Susan Hanssen, a professor of history at the University of Dallas, told CNA the data is “striking” because “it does not follow a normal curve.” …

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