Politics from the pulpit

Most U.S. adults who go to religious services say they’ve recently heard from their clergy about at least one political or social issue.

1. Frame 1Pew puts 1,391 regular U.S. worship attenders under a policy lens: two-thirds heard clergy raise at least one issue.
2. Frame 2The April 6-12 survey asked about seven topics, from abortion and Israel to immigration, Iran, the environment, and transgender people.
3. Frame 3Abortion led at 35%, Israel followed at 34%, and homosexuality was cited by 31% of regular attenders.
4. Frame 4Direction matters: attenders more often reported anti-abortion, anti-homosexuality, and pro-Israel messages than the opposite cues.
5. Frame 5Practical question: Which communities hear which side of each issue when election-year politics enters worship?