president of the United States - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:21:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg president of the United States - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 More Americans would consider voting for an atheist https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/05/23/americans-consider-voting-atheist/ Thu, 22 May 2014 19:05:05 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=58181 An increasing percentage of Americans are willing to consider voting for an atheist as president of the United States. According to a new Pew Research study, 41 per cent of those surveyed said a candidate's lack of belief didn't matter to their vote. This was up from a figure of 32 per cent seven years Read more

More Americans would consider voting for an atheist... Read more]]> An increasing percentage of Americans are willing to consider voting for an atheist as president of the United States.

According to a new Pew Research study, 41 per cent of those surveyed said a candidate's lack of belief didn't matter to their vote.

This was up from a figure of 32 per cent seven years ago.

But the research also showed atheists are the most mistrusted group in the US and a godless politician is the least likely candidate to win votes in a presidential election.

Pot smokers and philanderers were considered more favourably than atheists. Continue reading

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