Gallup: American Conservatives Turn On Pope Francis
Source: TPM/Gallup Polls
Pope Francis' popularity among American conservatives has plummeted since early 2014, a new Gallup poll finds. The dramatic drop among conservatives mirrors a broader, but-far-less-steep drop in the pope's popularity among all Americans.
The Pope's favorability rating among conservatives shrunk from 72 percent in February 2014 to 45 percent now, Gallup found in its poll released Wednesday. Moderates and liberals also cooled somewhat with Francis, but a majority in both groups still view him positively. His favorability among moderates decreased from from 79 to 71 percent, and among liberals from 82 to 68 percent.
Overall, Francis has an favorability rating of 59 percent, down from 76 percent the February 2014 survey. "The pontiff's rating is similar to the 58% he received from Americans in April 2013, soon after he was elected pope," Gallup reported. Gallup's telephone survey of 1,009 adults nationwide was conducted July 8-12, 2015. It has a margin of error of four points.
The Pope has drawn the ire of some Republicans for releasing a sweeping encyclical decrying climate change, supporting President Obama's move to revive relations with Cuba and criticizing conservative economic policies. However, while he has softened the Church's language dealing with some social issues, Pope Francis continued its opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
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randys1
(16,286 posts)So this is not surprising.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)Especially since a lot of the Tea Party types are not rich themselves. they basically receive their opinions and repeat it from Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity, the local RW hosts too who are following the script.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Hotels are booked for more than 100 miles around.
Fuck conservatives.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)hate anybody that subscribes to the teachings of Jesus.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,833 posts)Mammon will always win.
Matthew 6:1921,24
erronis
(15,328 posts)Must be another slow news day.
old guy
(3,283 posts)Anything or anyone that gets in their way to be bigots and racists, and hinders their ability to discriminate against anyone they choose will automatically receive their disapproval.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)but who is?
Who am I to judge?
Myrina
(12,296 posts)Now we know why Trump is so popular.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)How much of that could be considered a surprise?
Clearly Papa Frank is talking too much about what the Jew Jesus preached. I guess the Pope blew his chances in the Iowa primary.