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Yet, even today, 40 percent of respondents say they would not vote for an atheist.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/08/10/431205042/should-we-distrust-atheists Would Voters Entrust The White House To An Atheist?], NPR</ref>}} | Yet, even today, 40 percent of respondents say they would not vote for an atheist.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/08/10/431205042/should-we-distrust-atheists Would Voters Entrust The White House To An Atheist?], NPR</ref>}} | ||
| − | In 2012, the Gallup organization reported: | + | In 2012, the Gallup organization reported: "While more than nine in 10 Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who is black, a woman, Catholic, Hispanic, or Jewish, significantly smaller percentages would vote for one who is an atheist (54%) or Muslim (58%)."<ref>[https://www.gallup.com/poll/155285/atheists-muslims-bias-presidential-candidates.aspx Atheists, Muslims See Most Bias as Presidential Candidates], Gallup organization</ref> |
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In many religious countries and even irreligious countries there is a stigma related to atheism and as a result many atheists are reluctant to: call themselves atheists and/or be outspoken atheists (see: Stigma of atheism and Views on atheists and Closet atheist).
Jon Green wrote about Bernie Sanders:
| “ | Bernie Sanders is, as he’s suggested before, Jewish with an emphasis on the ish. His Jewish heritage has informed his morality and his politics, but he doesn’t claim to be observant in any officially religious sense.
In an interview with the Washington Post published this morning, Sanders went a step further, making that point as clearly as he ever:
As atheist blogger Hemant Mehta pointed out, that’s basically a really PC way of saying you’re an atheist. Sanders may have used the word “God” to describe his belief system, but it’s pretty clear that his version of God isn’t an old man in the sky. There’s no actual deity involved — no theism — just a generalized interconnectedness.[1] |
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The Religion News Service states: "Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders dashed the hopes of some atheists when he declared he had 'very strong religious and spiritual feelings' at a Democratic town hall."[2]
Why Bernie Sanders is a closet atheist
See also: Atheism and politics
Atheism and U.S. presidential politics
See also: Distrust of atheists
In 2015, National Public Radio (NPR) indicated:
| “ | In a 1958 poll of Americans, only 18 percent of respondents said they would vote for a generally well-qualified presidential candidate nominated by their political party if that person happened to be an atheist. In 2015, that number has jumped to 58 percent.
Yet, even today, 40 percent of respondents say they would not vote for an atheist.[3] |
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In 2012, the Gallup organization reported: "While more than nine in 10 Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who is black, a woman, Catholic, Hispanic, or Jewish, significantly smaller percentages would vote for one who is an atheist (54%) or Muslim (58%)."[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bernie Sanders is mainstreaming atheism in American politics
- ↑ Bernie Sanders disappoints some atheists with his ‘very strong religious’ feelings, Religion News Service
- ↑ Would Voters Entrust The White House To An Atheist?, NPR
- ↑ Atheists, Muslims See Most Bias as Presidential Candidates, Gallup organization