Poll: Americans don’t see Trump as religious

Most Americans do not believe GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is very religious or even religious at all, says a poll released today.

The Pew Research Center survey finds that nearly 60 percent of Americans believe Trump is either not religious enough (22 percent) or not religious at all (37 percent).

Only 30 percent say Trump, who identifies as a Presbyterian, is religious enough (25 percent) or “very” religious (five percent). Among Republicans, 47 percent don’t regard Trump as religious.

“The conventional wisdom in American politics has long been that someone who is not religious cannot be elected president of the United States,” Pew says. The poll, however, also finds that 56 percent of Republicans consider Trump to be a “good” or “great” candidate.

— AFP