Monthly Religion News Surveys

Survey | Americans Divided Over the Fate of Health Care Reform

[06.27.2012]

June Religion & Politics Tracking Survey Americans are divided over whether Supreme Court should overturn the health care reform law. Overall, a plurality (43%) of Americans oppose the Supreme Court overturning the recent health care law. Thirty-five percent favor this action by the Supreme Court, while 1-in-5 (21%) say they don’t know. Women are more likely than men to oppose the Supreme Court overturning the health care law (48% vs…. more

Survey | Evangelical Voters Strongly Support Romney Despite Religious Differences

[05.10.2012]

May PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey   The 2012 Election Overall, Obama maintains a significant lead over Romney among voters in a head-to-head match up (47% vs. 38%). However, 16% of voters have not committed to either candidate. Equal numbers of Democratic and Republican voters report that they would support their party’s nominee (82% vs. 82%). Obama holds a slight edge among Independent voters, with 42% reporting that if the election… more

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

[03.15.2012]

March PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey Perceived Threats to Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State Most (56%) Americans do not believe that the right of religious liberty is being threatened in America today. However, nearly 4-in-10 (39%) believe that religious liberty is threatened today. Majorities of Tea Party members (72%) Republicans (60%), and seniors (56%) believe that religious liberty is being threatened.  White evangelical Protestants (61%) are the only… more

Survey | Majority of Catholics Think Employers Should Be Required to Provide Health Care Plans that Cover Birth Control at No Cost

[02.07.2012]

February PRRI Religion and Politics Tracking Poll Majority Support Requirement that Employer Health Care Plans Include Contraception Coverage A majority (55%) of Americans agree that “employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost.” Four-in-ten (40%) disagree with this requirement. There are major religious, generational and political divisions: Roughly 6-in-10 Catholics (58%) believe that employers should be required… more

Survey | Romney has National Lead over Gingrich, Electability Key among GOP Voters

[02.02.2012]

January PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey Religious Voters Agree on Importance of Jobs/Economy, Disagree on Economic Inequality CRITICAL ISSUES DRIVING THE ELECTION Across party lines, all voters say that jobs/unemployment is a critical issue facing the country. More than 8-in-10 Republican (83%), Democratic (83%), and Independent (83%) voters view this issue as critical. There is also strong cross-party agreement that the federal deficit is a critical issue, although there are differences… more

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

[12.15.2011]

December PRRI Religion and Politics Tracking Survey A majority of white evangelical voters have a favorable impression of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, but Romney is facing an intensity deficit. A majority of white evangelical voters say that they have a strongly favorable or somewhat favorable impression of Gingrich (53%) and Romney (52%). However, evangelical voters are twice as likely to strongly favor Gingrich than they are to strongly favor… more

Survey | Equal Numbers of Americans say Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party Movement Share their Values

[11.17.2011]

November PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey American Values and The Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street Movements Americans are equally likely to say that the Occupy Wall Street movement shares their values as to say the Tea Party movement shares their values (29% each).  Americans also have nearly identical evaluations of the likely impact of each of these movements.  For both the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement, about… more

Survey | Strong Majorities of Americans Favor Rights and Legal Protections for Transgender People

[11.03.2011]

Summary of Research Findings Overwhelming majorities of Americans agree that transgender people should have the same general rights and legal protections as others.* Approximately 9-in-10 (89%) Americans agree that transgender people deserve the same rights and protections as other Americans. Overwhelming majorities of all major religious groups agree that transgender people should have the same rights and protections as other Americans, including approximately 8-in-10 (83%) white evangelical Protestants, and roughly… more

Survey | Knowledge of Romney’s Religion Unchanged from July; Cain Succeeds where Romney and Perry Falter

[10.27.2011]

October PRRI Religion and Politics Tracking Survey Only 42% of Americans can correctly identify Mitt Romney’s religion as Mormon. This level of knowledge remains unchanged from July 2011, when 4-in-10 (40%) Americans correctly identified Mitt Romney’s religion as Mormon. White evangelical Protestants are the only subgroup that demonstrates increased knowledge of Romney’s religion (53% today compared to 44% in July). College graduates and seniors (age 65 and up) are most… more

Survey | Climate Change and Evolution in the 2012 Elections

[09.22.2011]

September PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey Evolution A majority (57%) of Americans believe that humans and other living things have evolved over time, compared to 38% who say that humans and other living things have existed in their present form since creation. More than 6-in-10 political independents (61%) and Democrats (64%) affirm a belief in evolution, compared to 45% of Republicans and 43% of Americans who identify with the Tea Party…. more