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Percent seeing Donald Trump expansion of religious freedom laws highest among Democrats – 71.7 percent;
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Near majority, 47.0 percent, see more restrictive religious freedom laws under a Trump presidency;
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Those seeing more restrictive religious freedom laws under a Trump presidency at 68.8 percent among Democrats
The latest national poll conducted by the Jackson State University Institute of Government’s Polling Center collected views on religious freedom laws under Donald Trump if he should win the 2016 Presidential election in November.
By nearly a two-to-one margin, poll respondents agreed that a Donald Trump presidency would likely move religious freedom laws to include, beyond the LGBT community, Muslims, immigrants and Mexicans. The margin was 54.4 percent agreeing (that Donald Trump would support allowing businesses and individuals to refuse service to Muslims, immigrants and Mexicans) with 24.7 percent disagreeing. Nearly three-quarters, 71.7 percent, of Democrats surveyed agreed that Donald Trump would support stronger religious freedom laws.
Similarly, 47.0 percent of Americans surveyed suggested we would see more restrictive religious freedom laws under a President Donald Trump. Fewer, 32.9 percent disagreed.
Among Democrats polled, 68.8 percent agreed that we would see more restrictive laws while 32.7 percent of Republicans agreed.
ABOUT THE POLL: The poll was conducted by The Polling Center at Jackson State University’s Institute of Government. Polling by the IOG Polling Center is conducted on a regular basis and may also include spontaneous polling on occurring events. For the full Poll Report, CLICK HERE.
METHODOLOGY: The poll sampled opinions of 1000 approximately proportional to state population contribution nationwide. The survey was conducted May 11-17, 2016. All surveys were conducted using an online survey instrument. The poll has a +/- 3.0 percent margin of error at a 95 percent confidence level on a composite basis.