The Ideological and Religious Bases of Attitudes Toward Pope Francis in the United States

Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has achieved influence as a religious leader while also impacting political discussions through teachings on social justice and environmental matters. In the United States, these topics have generated some controversy among right-leaning figures. this study, I look at whether is reflected mass opinion about Francis. Using data from three national surveys of Americans, find that individuals who identify with right evaluate more negatively. Qualifying this, Catholic affiliation weakens tendency for right-wing identifiers to negatively, strengthening those high religiosity pope positively. Finally, consistent idea politically aware are likely make ideologically informed judgments, relationship between identification negative evaluations was stronger engaged.