welcome back to hardball. a new gallup poll shows that pope francis overall popularity in the u.s. has dropped markedly in the last year. today 59% overall view him favorably while in 2014 was up there at 76%. the biggest drop was with political conservatives, going from 72% down to a minority position of 45%. and with u.s. catholics, the pope s popularity dropped 18 points, going from 89% to 71%, which is still pretty good. this comes as the pope is becoming a factor in american politics. catholic presidential candidates are being forced to contend with the pontiff s policy positions on income inequality climate change. and in september, the pontiff will address a joint session of the u.s. congress here at the request of speaker john boehner himself, a roman catholic. joining me at the roundtable is clarence page of the chicago tribune, susan milligan of u.s. news and world report, and alex seitz-wald. i am roman catholic. the years of almost pick your cafeteria catholics, the cons
pope francis overall popularity in the u.s. has dropped markedly in the last year. today 59% overall view him favorably while in 2014 was up there at 76%. the biggest drop was with political conservatives, going from 72% down to a minority position of 45%. and with u.s. catholics, the pope s popularity dropped 18 points going from 89% to 71%, which is still pretty good. this comes as the pope is becoming a factor in american politics. catholic presidential candidates are being forced to contend with the pontiff s policy positions on income inequality climate change. and in september, the pontiff will address a joint session of the u.s. congress here at the request of speaker john boehner himself, a roman catholic. joining me at the round table is clarence page of the chicago tribune, susan mill began of u.s. news and world report and alex sykes wolf. i am roman catholic.
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