=== Atheism and U.S. presidential politics ===
''See also:'' [[Distrust of atheists]]
In 2015, [[National Public Radio]] (NPR) indicated:
{{Cquote|In a 1958 poll of Americans, only 18 percent of respondents said they would vote for a generally well-qualified presidential candidate nominated by their political party if that person happened to be an atheist. In 2015, that number has jumped to 58 percent.
Yet, even today, 40 percent of respondents say they would not vote for an atheist.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/08/10/431205042/should-we-distrust-atheists Would Voters Entrust The White House To An Atheist?], NPR</ref>}}
In 2012, the Gallup organization reported: