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The Pew Forum’s chapter from the new Pew Research Center publication, Trends 2005 Learn more about the publication, Trends 2005 <!–Read more about Religion in Politics–> Introduction The United States has a long tradition of separating church from state, but an equally powerful inclination to mix religion with politics. Throughout our nation’s history, great political […]
A Pew Global Attitudes Project commentary
A Pew Global Attitudes Project commentary
The Hispanic population of the United States more than doubled between 1980 and 2000, increasing from 14.6 million to 35.3 million. The Pew Hispanic Center projects that the Hispanic population will reach 47.7 million by the end of this decade, and 60.4 million by 2020. As the Latino population grows, its composition is undergoing a […]
Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. On April 19, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany became Benedict XVI, the 265th pontiff. Under the leadership of his predecessor, John Paul II, the Catholic Church gained remarkable global influence. From his role in the downfall of Communism to his ecumenical overtures to the Muslim world, John Paul II positioned […]
Attitudes towards the war in Iraq are more negative among Latinos than in the general population, according to a survey conducted as President George W. Bush began his second term.
Assimilation is the process by which immigrants and their offspring adopt some values, beliefs and behaviors more characteristic of the U.S. culture than the culture of the countries from which they or their ancestors originate. This is neither a complete nor a uniform process, as some individuals change more than others and some attitudes change […]
A new survey of the core values of the American public has found that beliefs about national security are now twice as important as economic, social or religious values in shaping people’s partisan identification. Five year ago, these national security attitudes barely registered as a correlate of partisanship. The findings, which are presented in a […]
Regression analysis results independent effects of several variables on the number of arguments a respondent has heard. In some instances, the dependent variable (that is, the number of arguments heard) takes the form of the entire scope of arguments a respondent has heard about, say, the two major presidential candidates. In other cases, the focus […]
The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates from June 14 to July 3, 2004, among a sample of 1,510 adults, 18 and older. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus […]