Americans don't see either Trump or Harris as particularly Christian or religious: poll

Neither presidential candidate is viewed as particularly Christian or religious by the majority of Americans.

An released Sunday showed just 14% of Americans think the word "Christian" describes either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris "extremely" or "very" well.

Similarly, just 12% said "religious" describes either "extremely" or "very" well.

More Americans see Harris as "moral," with a third saying that describes her "extremely" or "very" well compared to 15% saying the same of Trump.

And 32% said "honest" describes Harris "extremely" or "very" well compared to 15% saying that of Trump.

Still, most white evangelical Protestants, 69%, view Trump favorably, while just 15% from that group view Harris favorably.

Trump also has a better showing among white mainline Protestants, though the gap is smaller.

The reverse is true of Black Protestants, with 75% holding a favorable view of Harris and just 16% holding a favorable view of Trump.

Both candidates have a similar favorability rating, just over 40%, among Hispanic Protestants.

White Catholics prefer Trump, 56% to 35%.

Hispanic Catholics prefer Harris, 53% to 44%.

Over half of white evangelical Protestants, 54%, said Trump better represents their religious views or beliefs.

Fifty-nine percent of Black Protestants said the same of Harris.

Overall, 29% of people said Harris better represents their religious views or beliefs, with 24% saying that of Trump.

Recent polling from the Pew Research Center in how folks from various faith groups view Harris and Trump.

In the Pew Research Center polling, Trump garnered 82% of the support from white evangelical Protestants, 61% from white Catholics and 58% from white nonevangelical Protestants.

Harris got 86% of the support from Black Protestants, 65% from Hispanic Catholics and 65% from Jewish voters.

Harris also got 85% of the support from atheists and 78% from agnostics.

"White evangelicals have been solidly Republican since about the 1980s, when the Republican Party made an effort to politicize a group that had been, to that point, largely apolitical," Peter Loge, the director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, .

Loge and Oklahoma State University politics professor Seth McKee both said the survey results were less about religion and more about identity politics.

White Christians largely support Trump, who McKee said has advanced their agenda and put conservative judges in power despite being "a man who morally is extremely challenged," McKee previously told The National Desk.

"(Trump) captured the Republican Party, and with it he captured the core of that party, which is white evangelicals who have made a deal with the devil and don't give a damn," McKee said.

At the same time, identity politics also benefitted Harris, McKee said.

"Identity politics really sort of saved the Democratic Party being competitive with its most important voter in the coalition, and that's African Americans," he said.