---
title: "Methodology"
description: "![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy/76-3.gif)"
date: "1998-11-01"
authors:
  - name: "Seth Rubenstein"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1998/11/01/methodology-190/"
---

# Methodology

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy/76-3.gif)