President Donald Trump closed this campaign by warning of the grave danger people faced from criminal and violent immigrants and from the Democratic leaders who supported open borders and sanctuary cities. We think you will find that when the votes are all counted, Donald Trump and the GOP will have […] Read more »
Trump-Driven Polarization Reflects Divergent Views of America’s Future
Days before the 2018 midterm elections, a wide-ranging new survey from PRRI finds that partisans see two entirely different American futures. The survey shows Republicans’ vision for the country’s future is increasingly distant from the vision largely shared by Democrats and independents. And in the religious landscape, white evangelicals’ vision […] Read more »
Religion and Right-Wing Politics: How Evangelicals Reshaped Elections
In the early 1970s, many evangelical Christians weren’t active in politics. Within a few years they had reshaped American politics for a generation. Retro Report, New York Times Read more »
Americans are divided over everything except division
This week’s new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll brings some good news: Americans seem to be coalescing around a common idea. It also brings some bad news: The common idea is that we are a remarkably divided nation. And the way we view the forces behind the divides are, well, […] Read more »
Poll finds Trump’s pro-Israel stance does not sway US Jews
President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel positions have not garnered him support from American Jewish voters, according to a new survey. The poll found that 74 percent of Jews planned to vote for Democratic candidates in November’s midterm elections. The figure corresponds with similar voting patterns in past elections. CONT. Isabel DeBre, […] Read more »
Catholic Americans give Pope poor marks on handling of sex abuse scandal
Most Catholic Americans think the Pope and the Vatican are doing a poor job handling recent reports of child sexual abuse by priests, and about a quarter of Catholics say those reports have made them question whether they should remain in the Church. Favorable views of Pope Francis have dropped […] Read more »