Voters to politicians: Pot, cheating OK, but not atheism

[Freddie Stubbs]

Americans would sooner support a presidential candidate who smoked pot or cheated on a spouse than elect an atheist, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Monday.

Sixty percent of those surveyed said it would not matter to them if a presidential candidate had an extramarital affair, with Democrats finding it less troubling than Republicans by an 18-point margin (70 percent to 52 percent).

Past marijuana use is considered a non-factor by 70 percent of Americans, with Democrats especially blase on the topic. Seventy-six percent of Democrats said past marijuana use didn’t matter, compared with 62 percent of Republicans.

But religion is another story. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they would be less likely to support a candidate who does not believe in God. Faith is especially important to Republicans, with 70 percent saying they would be less likely to support an atheist candidate, compared with 42 percent of Democrats.

more: http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/05/20/voters-to-politicians-pot-cheating-ok-not-atheism/

[PumpkinAle]

1. This so screwed up.

Agree with old Bonaparte here...........

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoleon

[riderinthestorm]

2. Not a surprise sadly.... nt

[Le Taz Hot]

3. One of the many reasons

I've chosen not to run for office. I'd be dead in the water as soon as I got The Question.

[GeorgeGist]

4. In God We Trust™

[Matt_in_STL]

5. Because, you know, atheists are running the country into the ground

Reminds me of this poll where atheists also finished dead last, even below Muslims which says a lot when it comes to the incredible amounts of Islamophobia in this country.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/155285/atheists-muslims-bias-presidential-candidates.aspx