This Chart Shows That Americans Like Jews More Than Catholics

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The Pew Research Center's new American Trends Panel conducted a study on how America views the various religions present in the U.S.

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The chart below shows the results from the survey of 3,217 adults on a graduated vertical scale. Jews take the top spot while Muslims land at the very bottom.

U.S. Public Has Warmest Feelings for Jews, Catholics and Evangelicals

Interestingly, America, considered a Christian nation, has warmer feelings toward Jews than Catholics and Evangelical Christians, according to the study. And respondents favored no religion at all over Islam.

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Buddhist, Hindus, and Mormons received fairly neutral ratings.

Pew notes that religious groups tend to feel more positive toward people of their own religion. Catholics, for example, received a rating of around 80 on a scale of 0-100 from other Catholics - but 58 from non-Catholics.

Business Insider's Andy Kiersz already broke down the study more in-depth.