Evangelicals

News Release | More Than 6-in-10 Americans Support a Path to Citizenship

[03.21.2013]

Nearly half say Republican position on immigration has hurt GOP in recent elections   Washington — As the immigration debate in Washington heats up, more than 6-in-10 (63 percent) Americans agree that immigrants currently living in the country illegally should be allowed to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements, a new major survey finds. Majorities of Democrats (71 percent), independents (64 percent) and Republicans (53 percent) support an earned… more

News Release | New Survey Finds Increased Support for Better Mental Health Services to Prevent Future Mass Shootings, Stricter Gun Control Laws

[01.23.2013]

“Pro-Life” Identity Linked to Opposition to Gun Control Among Evangelicals, Not Catholics   WASHINGTON — Americans are more likely to believe that improving mental health screening and support is the best way to prevent mass shootings, compared to enacting stricter gun laws, putting a greater emphasis on God and morality in school and society, having stricter security at public gatherings, or allowing more private citizens to carry guns, a new… more

News Release | Six-in-ten Americans Believe Climate Change Responsible for Recent Natural Disasters

[12.13.2012]

Nearly 4-in-10 say severity of storms is evidence we are in Biblical “end times”   WASHINGTON — While nearly 4-in-10 (36 percent) Americans believe that the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in what the Bible calls the “end times,” more than six-in-ten (63 percent) say the severity is due to global climate change. The December PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, conducted by Public Religion Research Institute… more

News Release | New Survey Explores How Religious Change Will Influence the 2012 Election and Beyond

[10.22.2012]

New Survey Explores How Religious Change Will Influence the 2012 Election and Beyond PRRI report details how Catholic and unaffiliated Americans are responding to presidential candidates and key campaign issues such as taxes and entitlement programs   Washington, D.C. — A new national survey finds that the outcome of next month’s presidential election will be determined, in part, by which Catholics head to the polls, and how many of America’s… more

News Release | Overwhelming Majority of Americans Agree Constitutional Right to Own a Gun is as Important as Right to Free Speech

[08.15.2012]

Following the tragic mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, which led to a renewed dialogue on gun rights, a new national survey finds that Americans overwhelmingly believe that the constitutional right to own and carry a gun is as important as their constitutional right to free speech.

News Release | Few Americans Use Social Media to Connect With Their Faith Communities

[08.02.2012]

New Survey: Few Americans Use Social Media to Connect With Their Faith Communities Evangelicals more likely than other religious groups to use social media and technology for religious purposes Washington, DC—While nearly half (45 percent) of Americans log in to their Facebook accounts at least a few times a week, fewer than 1-in-10 Americans report following a religious or spiritual leader on Twitter or Facebook (5%) or joining a religious or… 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

RNS Story | Less than half of Americans know Romney’s a Mormon

[10.27.2011]

Adelle M. Bank | Oct 27, 2011   (RNS) Less than half of Americans know that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a Mormon, despite recent media attention focused on his faith, a new survey shows. Just four in 10 Americans — 42 percent — identified the former Massachusetts governor as a Mormon, according to the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute. That figure remains unchanged from July 2011, despite a… more

News Release | New Survey: Only 4-in-10 Americans Correctly Identify Romney’s Religion as Mormon, Unchanged Since July

[10.27.2011]

Source of Cain’s Strength is Combined Political and Religious Affinity among Evangelicals Washington, D.C. – Despite continued media attention to presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormon religion, only about four-in-ten Americans (42 percent) correctly identify Romney as Mormon, a new survey finds. This level of knowledge remains unchanged from July 2011, even after the controversy surrounding the disparaging remarks about the Mormon faith by a prominent evangelical leader. The new PRRI… more

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

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