新教徒和天主教徒的民主党登记选民最有可能支持前副总统乔·拜登作为他们2020年的最佳候选人，而佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯主导了对非宗教美国人的支持。

皮尤研究中心周五发布的对注册民主党人的调查发现，拜登拥有36%的新教徒和高达44%的黑人新教徒的支持，比任何其他候选人都多四倍。天主教和犹太教选民也倾向于拜登，而支持桑德斯或马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦的无神论者、不可知论者和无党派选民几乎是前者的两倍。与此同时，与宗教无关的民主党，一个也被称为“无党派”的广泛团体，表达了对桑德斯和沃伦作为他们最喜欢的民主党总统候选人的压倒性支持。

36%的不可知论者，或者既不相信也不怀疑上帝或更高权力存在的人，表示支持桑德斯，相比之下，支持拜登的人只有16%。此外，桑德斯拥有最高比例的无神论者的支持，他们被定义为韦氏词典“一个不相信上帝或任何神存在的人”沃伦在无神论者的支持方面仅次于桑德斯，但两位进步候选人的支持是任何其他民主党人的两倍。

拜登和桑德斯得到的拉美裔天主教徒的支持是沃伦的三倍，沃伦仅获得该宗教团体7%的支持。

桑德斯和前纽约市长迈克尔·布隆伯格将成为第一位犹太裔美国总统，从而创造历史。但是拜登得到的支持是那些认同民主党的犹太人的近三倍。

拜登在黑人新教徒中的显著优势保持稳定，但30%的受访者表示，他们仍未决定2020年的最佳候选人。

就大选而言，只有14%的白人福音派新教徒表示，他们可能或肯定会在11月的大选中投票给民主党候选人。与2016年选举相似，绝大多数白人福音派新教徒表示，他们计划“明确”投票选举唐纳德·特朗普总统。超过四分之三(77%)的白人福音派新教徒表示，他们赞同特朗普的表现。大多数非福音派基督徒和白人天主教徒也表示，他们强烈支持特朗普执政。

60%的黑人新教徒表示，如果特朗普在11月再次当选，他们将会失望。

A11月皮尤论坛调查对美国社会中宗教角色的调查发现，近三分之二(63%)的美国成年人，无论属于哪个政治派别，都认为教堂和其他礼拜场所应该远离政治和政策。更大比例的美国人(76%)说宗教礼拜场所不应该出来支持任何特定的候选人。大约十分之四的美国成年人表示，教堂和宗教组织对美国政治有“太多”影响。

民主党新教徒、天主教徒和犹太人普遍支持乔·拜登为总统，而无神论者、不可知论者和宗教无关的选民支持伯尼·桑德斯或伊丽莎白·沃伦。

印第安纳州前南本德市长皮特·巴特吉格在竞选中强调了他的基督教信仰，他获得了白人非福音派、白人天主教徒和犹太人两位数的支持。

ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS SUPPORT BERNIE SANDERS WHILE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS FAVOR JOE BIDEN, SAYS SURVEY

Democratic registered voters who are Protestant and Catholic are most likely to back former Vice President Joe Biden as their top 2020 candidate, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders dominates support of non-religious Americans.

The national Pew Research Center survey of registered Democrats released Friday found Biden holds the support of 36 percent of Protestants and a whopping 44 percent of black Protestants, four times more than any other candidate. Catholic and Jewish voters also leaned toward Biden, while nearly twice as many atheists, agnostics and unaffiliated voters support either Sanders or Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. Meanwhile, religiously-unaffiliated Democrats, a broad group also referred to as "nones," expressed overwhelming support for Sanders and Warren as their favored Democratic presidential candidates.

Thirty-six percent of agnostics, or people who claim neither faith nor disbelief in the existence of God or a higher power, said they support Sanders, compared to 16 percent who support Biden. Additionally, Sanders holds the highest percentage of support from atheists, who are defined by Merriam-Webster as "a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods." Warren trails just behind Sanders in atheist support but both progressive candidates have twice the backing of any other Democrat.

Both Biden and Sanders have three times as much support from Hispanic Catholics as Warren, who garnered only 7 percent of support from that religious group.

Sanders and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would make history by becoming the first Jewish U.S. president. But Biden has nearly three times as much support from Jews who identify as Democrats.

Biden's significant advantage among black Protestants has remained steady, but 30 percent of respondents said they are still undecided about their top 2020 candidate.

In terms of the general election, only 14 percent of white evangelical Protestants said they would probably or definitely vote for a Democratic candidate in the November general election. And similar to the 2016 election, a solid majority of white evangelical Protestants said they plan to "definitely" vote to reelect President Donald Trump. More than three-quarters (77 percent) of white evangelical Protestants said they approve of Trump's performance. And majorities of both non-evangelical Christians and white Catholics also said they strongly approve of Trump's time in office.

Sixty percent of black Protestants said they would be disappointed if Trump is reelected in November.

A November Pew Forum survey of religious roles in American society found that nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of U.S. adults of any political affiliation said churches and other houses of worship should stay out of politics and policy. An even larger majority of Americans--76 percent--said religious houses of worship should not come out in support of any specific candidate. And about 4-in-10 U.S. adults said churches and religious organizations have "too much" influence on U.S. politics.

Democratic Party Protestants, Catholics and Jews broadly favor Joe Biden for president while atheists, agnostics and religious unaffiliated voters support either Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has highlighted his Christian faith during his campaign, pulled in double digits of support from white non-evangelicals, white Catholics and Jews.