Politics & Government

RNS Story | One in six voters still think Obama’s a Muslim: Why?

[05.10.2012]

Lauren Markoe | May 10, 2012   WASHINGTON (RNS) After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly identify him as a Protestant, according to a new poll.   Show Caption Details Voters do better identifying Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, according to a poll released Thursday (May 10) by… more

News Release | Evangelical Voters Strongly Support Romney Despite Religious Differences

[05.10.2012]

Washington, DC— Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney holds a nearly 50-point lead over President Barack Obama (68 percent vs. 19 percent) among white evangelical Protestant voters, a new survey finds. The survey also finds that even among the nearly half (49 percent) of evangelical voters who say that Romney’s religious beliefs are different than their own, Romney still holds a 3-to-1 lead over Obama (67 percent vs. 22 percent)…. more

News Release | A Generation in Transition: Religion, Values, and Politics among College-Age Millennials

[04.19.2012]

New Survey Highlights Challenges Obama, Romney Face in Reaching College-age Millennial Voters Millennials prioritize jobs, support measures to address economic inequality, show evidence of racial divisions WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four years after younger voters headed to the polls in record numbers, helping to send then-Senator Barack Obama to the White House, a new national survey of more than 2,000 18-24 year old Millennials provides new insights about the challenges both… more

RNS Story | Poll: Catholics don’t see contraception mandate as threat to religious freedom

[03.15.2012]

Lauren Markoe | Mar 15, 2012   WASHINGTON (RNS) A vocal contingent of Republican presidential candidates and church leaders are railing against the Obama administration’s “war on religion,” but most Americans can’t seem to find the fight. A majority (56 percent) of Americans say religious liberty is not threatened in the U.S., according to a new poll released Thursday (March 15) by the Public Religion Research Institute, which conducted the… more

News Release | Majority of Americans Do Not Believe Religious Liberty is Under Attack

[03.15.2012]

Among Those Who Believe Religious Liberty is Threatened, Only 6 Percent Cite Contraceptive Coverage Controversy as Reason Washington, DC— On the heels of a months-long heated debate on religious liberty, a new national survey finds that a majority (56%) of Americans do NOT believe that the right of religious liberty is being threatened in America today. Roughly 4-in-10 (39%) believe religious liberty is under attack. The new PRRI-RNS Religion News… more

News Release | For Voters in 2012, Agreement on Importance of Jobs/Unemployment, Disagreement about Importance of the Growing Gap between the Rich and the Poor

[02.02.2012]

Religious Voters Agree on the Importance of Jobs/Unemployment BUT Disagree about the Importance of the Growing Gap between the Rich, Poor Washington, DC— On the same day President Obama addresses his faith before Members of Congress and national faith leaders at the National Prayer Breakfast, a new survey finds religious Americans are united in their concern that jobs and unemployment are a critical issue in this election; however, they remain deeply… more

News Release | Obama Holds Sizeable Lead Over Both Romney, Gingrich

[02.02.2012]

New Survey: Obama Holds Sizeable Lead Over Both Romney, Gingrich Obama Voters More Excited about Choice than Republican Voters Washington, DC—On the same day President Obama addresses his faith before members of Congress and national religious leaders at the National Prayer Breakfast, a new national survey finds Obama leads Mitt Romney by 11 points (48% vs. 37%), and Newt Gingrich by 19 points (52% vs. 33%) among all voters.  This… more

News Release | Gingrich and Romney Tied in Favorability Among Evangelical Voters, Republican Voters Overall

[12.15.2011]

Romney facing intensity gap; many favoring Romney unable to articulate reasons   Washington, D.C. – Despite polls and pundits who have pegged Newt Gingrich as the national Republican frontrunner, a new national survey released today shows Gingrich tied with Mitt Romney in favorability among key demographic groups, including white evangelical Protestants (53 percent vs. 52 percent) and Republican voters (60 percent vs. 63 percent).   The December Religion & Politics… more

News Release | Equal Numbers of Americans say Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party Movements Share their Values

[11.17.2011]

Most Americans favor taxing wealthy and corporations, oppose cutting social programs to close deficit Washington, D.C. – Equal numbers of Americans say both the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements share their values (29 percent each), a new national survey finds. The new PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey was conducted by Public Religion Research Institute, in partnership with the Religion News Service, and released on the two-month anniversary of the… more

News Release | New Survey: Strong Majority say Society would be Better Off if Distribution of Wealth More Equal

[11.08.2011]

Nearly Half of White Evangelical Voters would be Uncomfortable with a Mormon President WASHINGTON, D.C. – A strong majority (60 percent) of Americans say that society would be better off if the distribution of wealth were more equal. A new major national survey finds that majorities of every religious group and religiously unaffiliated Americans agree on this point; however, there are large partisan, ethnic, and generational disagreements about the distribution… more