These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed September 19 - 20, 2013 on Pope Francis. The results show that most Americans like the Pope and think that he has been good for the Catholic Church. The margin of error is 3.5%.
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Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Pope Francis?
Very favorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%
Somewhat favorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30%
Somewhat unfavorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
Very unfavorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%
Overall, do you feel Pope Francis has a positive or negative effect on the direction of the Catholic Church since becoming Pope?
Very positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Somewhat positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31%
Somewhat negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
Very negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Based on what you have heard, which do you think Pope Francis is more likely to do?
Maintain the traditional policies of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
Change Church policies to reflect the attitudes of Catholics today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32%
If you could choose, which would you most like Pope Francis to do?
Maintain the traditional policies of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
Change Church policies to reflect the attitudes of Catholics today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%
Pope Francis has called for the Church to focus less on homosexuality and abortion, but has not changed Church teaching that homosexual behavior and abortion are sins. Do you think:
This strays too far from traditional Church values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18%
This reflects a good change in direction for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37%
This doesn’t go far enough in changing Church policy on these issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24%
