In anticipation of the November 3 mid-term elections, last week the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey conducted between Sept. 28 and Oct. 4 on the mid-term preferences of voters, categorized by religious affiliation. In a posting titled Religious Groups Differ Widely in Their 2026 Midterm Preferences, a senior associate research director at the Center said in part:
Overall, registered voters are more likely to support Democratic candidates than Republican ones. And registered voters who support Democratic candidates are more engaged in the election and more motivated to vote than those who back Republican candidates....
Roughly three-quarters of White evangelical Protestant registered voters (73%) now say they would vote for their congressional district’s Republican candidate for the House if the election were held today. A far smaller share (12%) say they would support the Democratic candidate.
White Catholic voters also express more support for Republicans than for Democrats in their districts, though by a much narrower margin (50% vs. 32%).
White nonevangelical Protestant voters are split about evenly. The difference between the shares supporting Republican candidates (45%) and Democratic candidates (37%) is not statistically significant.
There is far more support for Democrats than Republicans among Black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics, atheists, agnostics and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular.”
This analysis is based on all registered voters, but many are not expected to vote in the midterm elections....
