Americans rarely agree as overwhelmingly as they did in November 1938. Just two weeks after Nazi Germany coordinated a brutal nationwide attack against Jews within its own borders — an event known as “Kristallnacht” — Gallup asked Americans: “Do you approve or disapprove of the Nazi treatment of Jews in […] Read more »
White Evangelical Support for Donald Trump at All-Time High
A new PRRI survey finds white evangelical support for President Trump at an all-time high, with 75 percent holding a favorable view of the president and just 22 percent holding an unfavorable view. This level of support is far above support in the general population, where Trump’s favorability is at […] Read more »
NBC News poll: The South, once a conservative bastion, is changing
The South is often viewed as a conservative monolith, but the region’s political views are more nuanced — and moderate — than many might expect, according to new NBC News | SurveyMonkey polls. CONT. Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News Read more »
Voters’ Motives Shift, and Allegiances Harden
… In meetings since the first of this year with farmers and others in agribusiness in California, central Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota, I came out convinced that in small-town and rural America, despite their serious concerns about some of Trump’s specific policies and statements on immigration (availability […] Read more »
Evangelicals and Trump
Highly religious Americans are significantly more likely than others to identify as Republicans. This is a robust, continuous facet of American society. … Some of the discussion in contemporary public discourse seems to assume that evangelicals start with a blank slate when they look at the president, making their approval […] Read more »
Catholics’ Church Attendance Resumes Downward Slide
Weekly church attendance has declined among U.S. Catholics in the past decade, while it has remained steady among Protestants. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »