If the rapture were to occur, many Americans say they’d be left behind, according to new polling.
In the latest YouGov survey, less than half of respondents expressed confidence they would ascend to heaven in such an end-of-days scenario.
However, majorities of several demographics — including Republicans, Southerners and adults over 65 — see themselves as likely to cross into the heavenly realm.
The survey comes after rapture predictions went viral on social media, with many users pointing to Sept. 23 as the big day.
The word “rapture” is not found in the Bible, but it is commonly used by Christians to refer to the time when Jesus will return to bring his followers to heaven ahead of the apocalypse.
Who would be taken in the rapture?
In the poll — which sampled 4,041 U.S. adults on