On the eve of a forthcoming encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment and climate change, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that U.S. Catholics’ views on global warming are broadly reflective of American public opinion writ large; a solid majority believe that Earth is warming, but there is […] Read more »
5 Policy Issues that Show Why Jeb Bush Will Lose the Latino Vote
After Mitt Romney’s disastrous performance with Latino voters in 2012, some election observers have suggested Jeb Bush is the obvious candidate to help Republicans win over Latino voters. Bush’s supposed advantages are based on three specific observations—that the Bush family has historically had a more positive relationship with this community […] Read more »
Five Facts on Catholics and Climate Change
Pope Francis’ highly anticipated encyclical on the environment comes out on June 18. The letter’s novelty plays into its appeal; not only is it Pope Francis’s first encyclical, it will also be the first encyclical on the environment in the history of the Catholic Church. To better understand Catholics’ views […] Read more »
Survey Shows Partisan Leaders and Public United on Foreign Policy Goals, Divided on Issues such as Iran, Climate Change, Multilateralism
Partisan disputes among US policymakers seem to be growing by the week, whether on negotiations with Iran, immigration reform, or climate change. To what extent are these divisions unique to foreign policy leaders? How much do they also reflect polarization among the American public? To examine these questions, The Chicago […] Read more »
Americans Think Climate Change is a Serious Threat—For Other People
Americans think climate change will be a serious problem—just not for them. Findings from our climate change survey reveal that Americans predict others will feel the impacts of global warming much more than they themselves will. CONT. Rachel Lienesch, Public Religion Research Institute Read more »
Republicans Three Times as Likely to Repudiate Climate Change as Democrats
Climate change and global warming remain hotly debated topics in the headlines, not only among the country’s lawmakers, but also within religious communities. Conflicting perceptions of the reality of these issues are part of the reason they are so contested. To see how the general public feels on the matter, […] Read more »