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POLL: Religious Freedom Over Woke Culture

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Poll: Majority of Americans Say People Should Not Compromise Religious Beliefs For Sake of “Woke” Culture

(Manitou Springs, CO—December 20, 2022) Summit.org, in partnership with McLaughlin and Associates—one of America’s most respected polling survey firms—is releasing the results of a recent national survey. Results were from a survey of 1,000 likely general election voters nationwide and was conducted December 9th and December 14th.

“As Christians prepare for a season of celebrating the birth of Jesus, many see their convictions about marriage, gender, and the value of human life are under attack from a shame-based ‘woke’ culture,” said Dr. Jeff Myers, President of Summit.org and the author of the new book Truth Changes Everything: How People of Faith Can Transform the World in Times of Crisis. “But these polling numbers show that Americans as a whole strongly support freedom and reject the left’s attempt to enforce its narrow viewpoints on people of faith.”

All interviews were conducted online; survey invitations were distributed randomly within predetermined geographic units. These units were structured to correlate with actual voter turnout in the general election. This poll of 1,000 general election voters has an accuracy of +/- 3.1% at a 95% confidence interval.

The complete link to the data can be found here

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Americans Who Have an Opinion on the Issue Say People Should Not be Required to Compromise Religious Beliefs for Sake of Liberal Ideology on Cultural Issues:

  • 68 percent of voters who have an opinion on the issue say that traditional Christian faiths should not be forced to compromise their traditions and beliefs to align with liberal ideology around topics like marriage, transgenderism, and critical race theory.
  • 32 percent of voters who have an opinion on the issue say that traditional Christian faiths should be forced to compromise their traditions and beliefs to align with liberal ideology around topics like marriage, transgenderism, and critical race theory.

KEY INSIGHT: Large Majorities of Both Independent and Republican Voters Say People Should Not be Required to Compromise Religious Beliefs for Sake of Liberal Ideology on Cultural Issues, Democrats Divided:

  • 61 percent of Independent voters say that traditional Christian faiths should not be forced to compromise their traditions and beliefs to align with liberal ideology around topics like marriage, transgenderism, and critical race theory. 25 percent say they should be forced to compromise.
  • 75 percent of Republican voters who have an opinion on the issue say that traditional Christian faiths should not be forced to compromise their traditions and beliefs to align with liberal ideology around topics like marriage, transgenderism, and critical race theory. 16 percent say they should be forced to compromise.
  • 41 percent of Democratic voters who have an opinion on the issue say that traditional Christian faiths should not be forced to compromise their traditions and beliefs to align with liberal ideology around topics like marriage, transgenderism, and critical race theory. 41 percent say they should be forced to compromise.

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About Summit Ministries— Founded in 1962 Summit Ministries’ mission is to equip and support rising generations to embrace God’s truth and champion a biblical worldview. Summit’s iconic two-week conferences for young adults have trained tens of thousands of today’s business innovators, cultural influencers, government officials, and church leaders. Its books and training courses equip hundreds of thousands of people a year to be confident in biblical truth.

About McLaughlin & Associates — McLaughlin & Associates is a full service, nationally recognized market research and strategic services firm that specializes in public opinion research, media planning and buying services, and strategic consulting services. McLaughlin has analyzed and interpreted thousands of public opinion and market research studies and used this information to create successful outcomes for clients. The principles of McLaughlin and Associates have 40-years of successful political and corporate experience. John McLaughlin is the CEO/Partner and Jim McLaughlin is the COO/Partner.