As our attention shifts from the primaries to the general election, for the first time in years religiosity looks like itâ??s going to matter less than gender in determining the presidential vote.
Between men and women the divide is huge when it comes to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. According to the latest GW Battleground Poll â?? which has Clinton leading Trump 46 percent to 43 percent â?? women favor Clinton over Trump 54 percent to 35 percent while men go the other way 52 percent to 37 percent. Adding the two differentials yields a 34-point gender gap that far outstrips the 20-point gap between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012 â?? itself the largest such gap in Gallup Poll history.
By contrast, the Battleground Poll has the Clinton-Trump God gap at under 15 points, with those who say they go to church at least once a week preferring Trump to Clinton by nine points and those attending less frequently preferring Clinton to Trump by less than six. That compares to a God gap in 2012 of nearly 40 points.
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