In the history of U.S. Presidents, none have been avowed atheists — despite the fact that Presidents Jefferson, Taft, Lincoln and Obama have been questioned about their beliefs. Also as of 2013, there were no “out” atheists in the current Congress, according toHuffington Post. (Former congressman, Barney Frank has stated since leaving office that he does not believe in god, and former Representative Pete Stark, was the only out atheist in congress until 2012.)

A new poll, released yesterday by the Pew Research Center, could explain why. Voters, it turns out, would rather vote for a marital cheater, or marijuana user than an atheist — by a long shot.

Fifty-three percent of respondents said that they would be less likely to vote for a presidential candidate who did not believe in god, only five percent responded that they would be more likely to vote for an atheist president. Of those who responded 70 percent of Republicans would not vote for an atheist president, and 42 percent of Democrats would not (49 percent of Democrats would not care).

When the poll was broken down by religion 58 percent of people polled said it did not matter if a presidential candidate was an evangelical Christian, and 21 percent were more likely to support them. In terms of a potential Catholic president, 81 percent were ambivalent, while only nine percent were more likely to support a Catholic candidate.

So who would voters rather vote for than a politician who doesn’t believe in god? The highest three numbers in the “more likely” category went to candidates who had served in the military (43 percent), been governor of a state or been a business executive (both 33 percent).

Voters are also only 35 percent less likely to vote for a candidate who had conducted an extramarital affair, 27 percent less likely to vote for an LGBT candidate and only 22 percent less likely to vote for a presidential hopeful if they had smoked pot (no clarification on whether they did or did not inhale).