Republicans more open to in-person worship, but most oppose religious exemptions from COVID restrictions
Republicans and Democrats’ opinions differ on many aspects of the outbreak, including views about religious practices during the pandemic.
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American Trends Panel Methodology The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. This report is based on interviews with respondents to two waves of the panel, one conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 12, 2016, and the other conducted Nov. 7-16, 2018. Panelists participate via self-administered […]
This study is based on an analysis of 12,832 sermons, homilies or worship services delivered between Aug. 31 and Nov. 8, 2020, and collected from the websites of 2,146 churches found via the Google Places application programming interface (API), a tool that provides information about establishments, geographic locations or points of interest listed on Google […]
For years, public trust in the federal government has hovered at near-record lows. That remains the case today, as the United States struggles with a pandemic and economic recession.