With more than a year and a half to go before the 2020 elections, Republicans can take comfort in a number of factors. The result of the Mueller investigation has set back Democratic hopes for an easy victory; the history of presidents running for a second term favors incumbents; and […] Read more »
50-State Survey Finds Broad Support for LGBT Rights Across the United States
A landmark national survey of over 40,000 Americans, including results for all 50 states, released today by PRRI finds approximately seven in 10 (69 percent) Americans support nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people today. The survey also finds nearly six in 10 (57 percent) Americans oppose allowing small businesses to refuse […] Read more »
Sorry, President Trump. Here’s why American Jews aren’t abandoning the Democratic Party.
President Trump has recently encouraged Jewish Americans to eschew their long-standing affiliation with the Democratic Party — a movement he and others refer to as “Jexodus.” He tweeted out claims that Jews are now leaving the Democrats over the party’s position on Israel. … Yet as several commentators noted, there […] Read more »
Islamophobia in America
In the wake of the horrific massacre of Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, we would do well to check in on America’s own level of Islamophobia. Several years ago here, I criticized a poll Donald Trump used to stoke anti-Muslim fervor — a poll done by Kellyanne Conway, who, at […] Read more »
Americans’ Views of Israel Remain Tied to Religious Beliefs
The historically strong relationship between the U.S. and Israel has come under renewed scrutiny recently, based partly on the controversial comments of Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who suggested that U.S. supporters of Israel could have “allegiance to a foreign country.” Reacting in the aftermath of those comments, the House […] Read more »
Evangelical approval of Trump remains high, but other religious groups are less supportive
More than two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, white evangelical Protestants in the United States continue to overwhelmingly support him, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data. Other religious groups, however, are more divided in their views of the president. CONT. Philip Schwadel & Gregory A. […] Read more »