POLL: Fewer Than 1 In 5 Americans Say Glenn Beck Is The Right Person To Lead A Religious Movement

When Fox News host Glenn Beck held his Aug. 28 Restoring Honor rally on the National Mall, many observers noted that it seemed more religious than political, comparing it to a "revival" and saying Beck "sounded like Billy Graham." But a new poll finds that the vast majority of Americans aren't quite ready to walk into the church of Glenn Beck quite yet.

Fewer than one in five Americans (17 percent) say Beck is "the right person to lead a religious movement" according to the PRRI/RNS Religion News Poll, conducted Sept. 9-12. Even his biggest supporters are skeptical. "Among white evangelical Protestants, the religious group registering the highest favorability for Beck, only about 1-in-4 (26 percent) say Beck is the right person to lead a religious movement," notes the Public Religion Research Institute. "Among Republicans, the overall group registering the highest favorability for Beck, only 29 percent say he is the right person to lead a religious movement."

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