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POLL: Is it important for a presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs?

Poll:

  • yes
  • no

According to the Public Religion Research Institute, younger Millennials – those between the ages of 18 and 25 – are split on whether it is important for a presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs. While 49 percent say it is somewhat or very important, 48 percent say it is not very important, or not important at all.

Millenial or not, we want to know what you think.

Is it important for a presidential candidate to have strong religious beliefs?

Topics: Politics, Election
Beliefs: Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christian - Catholic, Christian - Orthodox, Christian - Protestant/Other, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormon, Sikh
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