short readFeb 7, 2024 8 facts about atheists Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%).
short readJul 7, 2022 Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S. Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
short readJun 17, 2022 A closer look at Republicans who favor legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.
short readApr 13, 2020 Half of Americans say Bible should influence U.S. laws, including 28% who favor it over the will of the people About half of Americans say the Bible should have at least “some” influence on U.S. laws; 23% say it should have “a great deal” of influence.
short readJul 1, 2020 White evangelical approval of Trump slips, but eight-in-ten say they would vote for him Trump’s approval rating has dropped among a range of religious groups, including white evangelicals – though they remain strongly supportive.
short readFeb 27, 2020 Most Americans don’t see Democratic candidates as very religious Americans say they don’t consider Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to be particularly religious.
short readAug 1, 2019 U.S. Jews know a lot about religion – but other Americans know little about Judaism U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge. But other Americans are unable to answer some basic questions about Jewish practices.
short readJan 31, 2020 Among Democrats, Christians lean toward Biden, while ‘nones’ prefer Sanders Early indications are that candidate preferences by religion will be familiar in November – and closely linked to each group’s party leanings.
short readJul 1, 2019 5 facts about religion in Canada A declining share of Canadians identify as Christians. Most Canadians say religion’s influence in public life is waning in their country.
short readSep 6, 2017 More Americans now say they’re spiritual but not religious About a quarter of U.S. adults now say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years.