Fewer voters see Trump, Clinton as religious

Published January 27, 2016 12:08pm ET



A majority of U.S. voters view Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump as barely religious, according to a new poll.

Just one day after the New York billionaire received the endorsement of evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of a late televangelist and the president of Liberty University, a Pew Research Center survey finds that only 30 percent of voters view Trump as “very” or “somewhat” religious, while 60 percent believe he is “not too” or “not at all” driven by his faith.

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