A YouGov poll found that 63 percent of Republicans said they would be more likely to be taken up.

Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats to believe they will be taken up in the biblical Rapture, according to a new YouGov poll.

The September 23 poll of 4,041 U.S. adults found that 63 percent of Republicans said they would be more likely to be taken up, compared with 40 percent of Democrats and 36 percent of independents.

Overall, 46 percent of Americans said they believed they would ascend, while 18 percent thought they would be left behind.