A recent nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) suggests that while Americans generally agree that anti-Semitism is a significant problem in the United States, they remain divided on what constitutes “anti-Semitic” speech and behavior. According to the survey results, generational divides in views of acceptable […] Read more »
How Kellyanne Conway influenced a new Trump rule cheered by religious conservatives
Kellyanne Conway was a Republican pollster when she appeared at a 2009 news conference, flanked by more than a dozen people in white doctors’ coats, to unveil surveys she conducted on religious freedom and medicine. Conway had been hired by the Christian Medical and Dental Associations to bolster the groups’ […] Read more »
Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President
Less than half of Americans (47%) say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is a socialist — the same percentage Gallup found in 2015. A socialist candidate is the only one among a dozen hypothetical candidates about whom a minority of Americans say they are willing to […] Read more »
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much
In his more than two years as president, Donald Trump has taken significant steps to support Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing the Jewish state’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights region. While U.S. Jews have a strong attachment to Israel, they are divided […] Read more »
How Trump has changed white evangelicals’ views about morality
Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been criticizing religious conservatives — especially Vice President Pence — for supporting President Trump, despite his lewd behavior. To drive home the point, Buttigieg often refers to Trump as the “porn star president.” We were curious about the attitudes of rank-and-file evangelicals. After […] Read more »
Evangelicals are now the key constituency in the Republican Party. They are reaping the benefits.
Last month, Pew Research Center found that President Donald Trump had a 69 percent approval rating among white evangelical Protestants, compared to around 40 percent with the entire nation. When the Republicans nominated the thrice-married serial philanderer with precious little knowledge of the Bible, some pundits took this as a […] Read more »