(NewsNation) — Most white Christian voters would elect Donald Trump over Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election took place today, according to a Pew Research study highlighting religious division over Americans’ preferred candidate.
More than half of white Christians said Trump was a “great” or “good” president who, in their opinion, did not break the law to try to overturn the 2020 election, the study suggests.
The former president particularly draws support from white evangelical Protestant voters (81%), white Catholics (61%) and white Protestants who are not evangelical (57%).
Alternatively, Black Protestants or people who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” tend to favor Biden. Many of those same voters also say Trump was a “terrible” president who did break the law during the 2020 election.
Biden’s support includes 87% of atheist voters, 82% of agnostics and 57% of with no religious particular religious beliefs.
Those preferences are in line with broader partisan leanings of religious groups in the United States, according to Pew.
White Christians tend to support Republicans, while Black Protestants and religious “nones” tend to support Democrats.
The survey didn’t include enough respondents from other religious backgrounds to break them out separately.