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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 | 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