Religion and the Presidential Vote, 1960 vs. 2000-2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vote Choice:

Change in GOP%

 

1960

2000-2004

 

 

Nixon

Kennedy

Bush

Dem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainline Protestant

69.7

30.3

54.8

45.2

-14.9

Evangelical Protestant

64.5

35.5

75.7

24.3

+11.2

Other Christians (Mormons, E. Orthodox)

57.6

42.4

75.0

25.0

+17.4

Liberal Faiths (Unitarians)

56.3

43.8

20.8

79.2

-35.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated

40.7

59.3

31.7

68.3

-9

Roman Catholic*

23.9

76.1

51.4

48.6

+27.5

Black Protestant

16.8

83.2

10.3

89.7

-6.5

Jewish

9.1

90.9

24.7

75.3

+15.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL

49.9

50.1

50.3

49.7

+0.4

 

Source: 1964 Anti-Semitism Survey (N=1975)

National Surveys of Religion and Politics, 2000 and 2004 (N=9,000)

*all Catholics in 1964, white non-Latino Catholics in 2000-2004