Americans Want To Keep Politics And Religion Separate

These charts are from a survey by the Pew Research Center -- done between March 18th and April 9th of a national sample of 6,364 adults, with a 1.7 point margin of error.

It shows that most Americans would like to keep politics and religion separate. About 63% say they want their church or house of worship to stay out of political matters (while only 36% disagree). And an even larger 76% don't want their church or house of worship to come out in favor of one candidate over another.

Note in the bottom chart that only two groups want their house of worship involved in politics -- evangelicals (55% to 43%) and Black protestants (54% to 43%). And even both of those groups join other groups in opposing their church endorsing one candidate over another.