1. Protestant Pastors Approval of the President and Views on Endorsements Survey of 1,000 Protestant Pastors

2. 2 Methodology  The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was conducted October 7-14, 2010  The calling list was randomly drawn from a list of all Protestant churches. Up to six calls were made to reach a sampled phone number  Each interview was conducted with the senior pastor, minister or priest of the church called  Responses were weighted to reflect the geographic distribution of Protestant churches

3. 3 Methodology continued  The completed sample is 1,000 phone interviews  The sample provides 95% confidence that the sampling error does not exceed +3.2%  Margins of error are higher in sub-groups

4. 4 “Overall, how would you rate the job performance of President Obama?” Not Sure 9% Among Protestant Pastors

5. 5  47% of pastors who identify their political party as Democrat strongly approve of President Obama’s job performance, compared to 3% of Republicans and 10% of Independents.  67% of pastors who identify their political party as Republican strongly disapprove of President Obama’s job performance compared to 8% of Democrats and 38% of Independents. Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “Overall, how would you rate the job performance of President Obama?”

6. 6  55% of pastors who identify their political ideology as Liberal or Very Liberal strongly approve of President Obama’s job performance, compared to 26% of Moderates, 22% of Conservatives and 6% of Very Conservatives.  83% of pastors who identify their political ideology as Very Conservative strongly disapprove of President Obama’s job performance compared to 57% of Conservatives, 16% of Moderates and 3% of pastors who are Liberal or Very Liberal. Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “Overall, how would you rate the job performance of President Obama?”

7. 7  Pastors in the Northeast (24%) are more likely to strongly approve of the President’s job performance than pastors in the Midwest (15%), West (12%), or South (12%).  Pastors in the South (54%) are more likely to strongly disapprove of the President’s job performance than pastors in the Midwest (44%), West (42%), or Northeast (34%). Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “Overall, how would you rate the job performance of President Obama?”

8. 8  Pastors who consider themselves “Mainline” are more likely to strongly approve of the President’s job performance than pastors who consider themselves “Evangelical” – 23% compared to 8%.  Pastors who consider themselves “Evangelical” are more likely to strongly disapprove of the President’s job performance than pastors who consider themselves “Mainline” – 55% compared to 34%. Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “Overall, how would you rate the job performance of President Obama?”

9. 9 “I believe pastors should endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit.” For the following questions, please tell me whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree Not Sure 2% Among Protestant Pastors

10. 10  Pastors who identify their political party as Democrat are more likely than Republicans to strongly disagree – 84% compared to 61%.  Pastors who identify their political party as Republican (19%) are more likely than Democrats (7%) or Independents (12%) to agree (strongly or somewhat). Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “I believe pastors should endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit.”

11. 11  Pastors who identify their political ideology as Liberal or Very Liberal are more likely to strongly disagree – 90% compared to 82% of Moderates, 65% of Conservatives and 59% of Very Conservatives.  Pastors who consider themselves “Mainline” are more likely to strongly disagree than pastors who consider themselves “Evangelical” – 79% compared to 65%. Differences by Subgroups of Protestant Pastors “I believe pastors should endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit.”

12. Survey of 1,000 Protestant Pastors Protestant Pastors Approval of the President and Views on Endorsements