September, 2011
RNS Story | Poll finds evangelicals stand apart on evolution, climate change
[09.22.2011]Lauren Markoe | Sep 22, 2011 Show Caption Details WASHINGTON (RNS) White evangelicals and Tea Party members are less likely to believe in evolution and climate change than most Americans, a finding that could pose a particular problem for Republican presidential hopefuls. A new poll released Thursday (Sept. 22) also showed that a majority of Americans (57 percent) believes in evolution, and an even larger majority (69 percent) believes in… more
News Release | Poll shows fine line GOP candidates walk on climate change, evolution
[09.22.2011]Half of Tea Party rejects climate change, evolution Washington, D.C. – While nearly 7-in-10 (69%) Americans believe there is solid evidence that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades, and nearly 6-in-10 (57%) Americans believe humans and other living things evolved over time, a new survey finds that approximately half of Americans who identify with the Tea Party reject both (50% reject global… more
News Release | New Poll and Report: What it Means to be American Ten Years after 9/11
[09.06.2011]Americans wrestling with acceptance, concerns over place of Muslims and Immigrants in society Washington, D.C. – Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a major national survey finds America continuing to struggle with what it means to be American and wrestling with how to resolve political, religious and ethnic differences in an increasingly diverse country. Americans believe they are safer, but that they have less personal freedom… more