American Attitudes Toward Judaism, Islam and Other Faiths

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question-wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war.

Please indicate whether you have a favorable or unfavorable view of each of the following groups? (Pew, September 13-18, 2022)

	Evangelical Christians	Catholics	Mormons	Jews	Muslims	Atheists	Mainline Protestants
Very favorable	12%	13%	5%	14%	6%	9%	10%
Somewhat favorable	16%	21%	10%	21%	12%	10%	19%
Neither favorable nor unfavorable	29%	37%	39%	43%	42%	43%	39%
Somewhat unfavorable	13%	12%	16%	4%	14%	10%	6%
Very unfavorable	13%	6%	9%	2%	9%	14%	3%
Don't know/refuse to answer	15%	10%	19%	15%	17%	13%	20%

See also related PEW feeling thermometer and University of Maryland results below.

Do you, personally, happen to know anyone who is... (% answering yes) (Pew, September 13-18, 2022)

	2019	2022
Evangelical Christians	65%	64%
Catholics	91%	88%
Mormons	47%	43%
Jews	68%	64%
Muslims	47%	50%
Atheists	65%	71%
Mainline Protestants	64%	64%

Percentage of U.S. adults who have a __ view of Jews excluding Jewish views of Jews by party (Pew, September 13-18, 2022)

	Republicans	Democrats
Favorable	35%	33%
Neither / Don't know enough to say	55%	60%
Unfavorable	6%	6%

Percentage of U.S. adults who say there is discrimination against each group in our society (Pew, March 1-7, 2021)

	Republican Lean Republican	Democrat Lean Democrat	Total
Muslims	67%	88%	78%
Jews	63%	73%	68%
Evangelical Christians	61%	29%	44%

We’d like to get your feelings toward a number of groups on a “feeling thermometer.” A rating of zero degrees means you feel as cold and negative as possible. A rating of 100 degrees means you feel as warm and positive as possible. You would rate the group at 50 degrees if you don’t feel particularly positive or negative toward the group. (Pew, 2014, 2017, February 4-19, 2019)

	2014	2017	2019
Jews	63%	67%	63%
Catholics	62%	66%	60%
Mainline Protestants	--	65%	60%
Buddhists	53%	60%	57%
Evangelical Christians	61%	61%	56%
Hindus	50%	58%	55%
Mormons	48%	54%	51%
Atheists	41%	50%	49%
Muslims	40%	48%	49%

Would you be more or less likely to vote for a presidential candidate in the 2016 election who...? (Pew, January 2016)

	More Likely	Less Likely	Wouldn't Matter
Is an Evangelical Christian	22%	20%	55%
Is Catholic	16%	8%	75%
Is Jewish	8%	10%	80%
Is Muslim	3%	42%	53%
Is Mormon	5%	23%	69%
Doesn't believe in God	6%	51%	41%

What is your attitude about the Jewish people? (Note: this survey contains an oversample of self-identified Evangelical Christians) (University of Maryland, December 2015)

	Republican	Independent	Democrat	Total
Very favorable	53%	41%	49%	49%
Somewhat favorable	41%	36%	39%	39%
Somewhat unfavorable	5%	5%	6%	6%
Very unfavorable	1%	17%	4%	5%
Don't know/refuse to answer	<1%	3%	2%	2%

What is your attitude about the Jewish religion? (Note: this survey contains an oversample of self-identified Evangelical Christians) (University of Maryland, December 2015)

	Republican	Independent	Democrat	Total
Very favorable	37%	34%	40%	38%
Somewhat favorable	48%	28%	43%	43%
Somewhat unfavorable	11%	15%	9%	11%
Very unfavorable	3%	9%	6%	7%
Don't know/refuse to answer	1%	5%	2%	2%

What is your attitude about the Muslim people? (Note: this survey contains an oversample of self-identified Evangelical Christians) (University of Maryland, December 2015)

	Republican	Independent	Democrat	Total
Very favorable	11%	19%	27%	19%
Somewhat favorable	30%	24%	40%	34%
Somewhat unfavorable	34%	19%	20%	26%
Very unfavorable	24%	34%	11%	20%
Don't know/refuse to answer	1%	5%	2%	2%

What is your attitude about the Muslim religion? (Note: this survey contains an oversample of self-identified Evangelical Christians) (University of Maryland, December 2015)

	Republican	Independent	Democrat	Total
Very favorable	9%	18%	17%	14%
Somewhat favorable	18%	10%	34%	24%
Somewhat unfavorable	27%	23%	32%	29%
Very unfavorable	46%	45%	15%	32%
Don't know/refuse to answer	<1%	5%	2%	2%

In your opinion is ISIS a reflection of true Islam? (Rasmussen Reports, November 20, 2015)

Yes, ISIS is a reflection of true Islam	35%
No, ISIS is not a reflection of true Islam	46%
Not sure/refused	19%

Do you regard radical Islam as a serious threat to the United States? (Rasmussen Reports, November 20, 2015)

Yes, radical Islam is a serious threat	92%
No, radical Islam is not a serious threat	8%

Is the United States at war with radical Islamic terrorism? (Rasmussen Reports, November 20, 2015)

Yes, we are at war with radical Islamic terrorism	60%
No, we are not at war with radical Islamic terrorism	24%
Not sure/refused	16%

Do you think that there is a global conflict between the Muslim world and Western civilization? (Rasmussen Reports, July 30, 2014)

Yes, there is a global conflict between the Muslim world and the West	59%
No, there is no global conflict between the Muslim world and the West	17%
I am not sure if there is a global conflict between the Muslim world and the West	24%

Would you say you have a generally favorable or unfavorable opinion of Islam? (Washington Post-ABC News, March 2-5, 2006)

Favorable	43%
Unfavorable	46%
No Opinion	11%

Do you think mainstream Islam encourages violence against non-Muslims, or is it a peaceful religion? (Washington Post-ABC News, March 2-5, 2006)

Encourages violence	33%
Peaceful religion	54%
No Opinion	13%

Compared with other religions, do you think there are more violent extremists within Islam, fewer, or about the same number as in other religions? (Washington Post-ABC News, March 2-5, 2006)

More	58%
Same	34%
Fewer	3%
No Opinion	5%