---
title: "Trends 2005"
description: "The first publication of the Pew Research Center explores American public opinion and values, religion and public life, media, the Internet, Hispanics, the states and global opinion."
date: "2005-01-20"
authors:
  - name: "Tom Rosentiel"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2005/01/20/trends-2005/"
categories:
  - "Immigration Trends"
  - "Media Industry"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "Religion"
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religion & Social Values"
  - "U.S. Global Image"
---

# Trends 2005

[![Report Cover: Trends 2005](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2005/01/trends2005.gif)](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005.pdf)

What matters more in shaping partisanship - beliefs about national security or economic, social and religious values? What does church attendance have to do with electoral behavior? How much credibility has the media lost? Is the internet more mail pigeon than library? What percentage of the labor force will Hispanics make up in 2020? How many red states have blue governors, and vice versa? How far has anti-Americanism spread? To find answers in the Center's new reference book, click on the headings below and read the chapters in PDF format.

[The American Public](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-public.pdf): Opinions and Values in a 51%-48% Nation

[Religion & Public Life](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-religion.pdf): A Faith-Based Partisan Divide

[Media](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-media.pdf): More Voices, Less Credibility

[Internet](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-internet.pdf): The Mainstreaming of Online Life

[Hispanics](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-hispanic.pdf): A People in Motion

[The States](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-states.pdf): Policy Innovation Amid Fiscal Constraint

[Global Opinion](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005-global.pdf): The Spread of Anti-Americanism

[Download the complete volume](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/old-assets/trends/trends2005.pdf)