Published on April 1, 2024, 12:07 am

A recent Scott Rasmussen National Survey provides a surprising and clear snapshot of the Christian worldview among registered voters in the United States. A reassuring 68% of voters affirmed their belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. Additionally, more than 70% are planning to celebrate Easter this year, marking it as a significant date in their calendars.

The survey was conducted on March 20 and 21 among an unbiased cross-section of 1,000 registered voters. Interesting data emerged from the respondents, with 73% confirming their intent to participate in Easter festivities. Probed further about whether they viewed Easter primarily as a secular or religious holiday, a solid majority (56%) cited it as religious. A smaller portion (16%), planned to honor it as a secular occasion and 27% saw it fittingly as equally religious and secular.

Reflecting on denominational affiliations, respondents were asked which religion or faith best described what they practiced. The highest shares significantly went to those identifying as Bible-believing Christians, Protestants and Catholics – each claiming about one-fifth of those polled (21%). Evangelical Christianity was proclaimed by fewer participants at 12%. Jewish believers were present but comparatively minor at 2%, with Muslims constituting an even smaller demographic at 1%. The non-religious presence too was quite noticeable with Atheists making up around 6%, while “none” chosen by a noteworthy count comprising about 16%.

Moving away from particular faith lines towards practices, survey participants disclosed their church attendances probability on Easter Sunday. Nearly half the cohort expressed outright that it is very likely for them to go to church this day (49%). Meanwhile, roughly one-quarter situate themselves in somewhat-likely territory (23%). A minority concede that they’re not very likely or not likely at all.

In terms of recurring attendance at religious services though there exists divergence from this pattern; approximately half confess rarely or never attending a religious service. About a quarter are regular weekly congregants, while 12% attend a few times per month, and a small subset (6%) once per month. A small demographic is even found in the higher frequency spectrum with about 9% revealing that they attend religions services more than once a week.

Broaching prayer habits, the majority demonstrated an inclination towards regular prayer; almost half admitting to praying daily or nearly every day (45%), whereas 21% mentioned several times per week. The lower frequencies were represented as well – there were those who rarely or never pray (18%), some who pray only about once a week (7%), and others less than once weekly (6%).

The significance of Easter was another study point; how did voters perceive Easter compared to other national holidays? In response, the majority professed Easter to be somewhere between being the most or least important national holiday. Still, one-third of voters regarded Easter as holding paramount importance among holidays. And despite it being celebrated by a significant segment, 15% are on record downplaying Easter as being the least important national holiday.

Reverting to historical questioning around Jesus Christ; How many accept his existence and journey through this physical world? An overwhelming eight out of ten voters agreed have no doubt that Jesus Christ indeed existed and walked on earth.

For statistical precision and accuracy, its worth noting that having been surveyed nationwide across different demographics the margin of error for this study was reported at plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

In summary, with these observations we see that much of real news breaks our stereotypes; The Christian worldview is alive enough in pockets across America to make it trusted news! Despite modern culture moving in secular directions substantial numbers of people still hold onto certain core beliefs forming part of their cultural DNA