{"id":311863,"date":"2026-06-10T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=311863"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:24","slug":"faith-first-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2026\/06\/10\/faith-first-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith First Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staunch conservatives and strong Trump supporters who stand out for their faith-oriented politics<\/h2>\n\n\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center study goes beyond Americans\u2019 partisan attachments and vote choices to explore the values and attitudes that underlie the political landscape and the Republican and Democratic parties. We did this by creating a political typology, which classifies the public into nine groups based on their responses to 30 questions about government, economics, immigration, elected officials and other topics. To learn more about this project, jump to \u201cAbout the political typology<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center conducts research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. We have studied Americans\u2019 political values and attitudes, and their views on politics more broadly, for decades. This is the ninth version of the political typology<\/a>; the first was conducted nearly 40 years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 10,357 U.S. adults from Nov. 17 to 30, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel. The survey represents the views of the full U.S. adult population. We then used a statistical technique called cluster analysis to divide people into nine groups. (For more on the process of dividing people into groups and surveys used for analysis, jump to Appendix B<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the survey questions<\/a>\u00a0used for this analysis, the detailed responses<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Faith First Conservatives are deeply conservative in their political values and are stalwart supporters of the Republican Party and Donald Trump, though their political style is not as uncompromising as No Apologies Right<\/a> (the other typology group firmly at the core of the Republican coalition). They are highly religious and hold traditional stances on many social issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allie Sullberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Faith First Conservatives are one of nine groups in Pew Research Center\u2019s 2026 Political Typology. To learn more about the typology, start with the overview<\/a>.<\/em> To find which group is your best fit, take the quiz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By wide majorities, Faith First Conservatives oppose abortion and see same-sex marriage as bad for society.<\/strong> Nearly all say gender is determined by one\u2019s sex at birth. They are more likely than others to view gambling, watching pornography, using marijuana and getting a divorce as morally wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith First Conservatives are highly critical of traditional U.S. allies. <\/strong>Like No Apologies Right, many view them as a burden and are skeptical of international organizations like NATO. Many also say the United States stands above other countries. And they place particular value on the nation\u2019s status as a military superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Faith First Conservatives hold conservative stances on border security and are generally supportive of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policies, they are not as hard-line as No Apologies Right when it comes to immigration policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith First Conservatives are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n