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Appendix 6: Glossary
The following list includes brief descriptions of some religious groups and other terms used in the survey report that may be unfamiliar to readers. Related to Buddhism Jodo Shinshu Meaning “True Pure Land School,” Jodo Shinshu is a Japanese branch of Mahayana Buddhism. Shinran, a disciple of the Buddhist monk Honan, established the branch, which […]
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Foreword
This is the second report on a comprehensive survey of Asian Americans conducted by the Pew Research Center in the first three months of 2012. To obtain a nationally representative sample of 3,511 Asian-American adults, more than 65,000 Americans were interviewed on cell phones and landlines in English and seven Asian languages. The first report […]
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Candidate Preference by Religious Group, Late July Update
A new Pew Research Center poll finds that more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. Barack Obama’s image remains, by comparison, more positive.
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Chapter 3. India and the Rest of the World
The Indian government has long tried to act as a bridge between different worlds. A co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War, India declined to take sides between the United States and the Soviet Union in their decades-long confrontation. In recent years, India has cast itself as a leader of the emerging market […]
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Chapter 6: Social and Political Attitudes
Asian Americans, as a whole, are more politically liberal than the general public and tilt more toward the Democratic Party than toward the Republican Party. But Asians who are evangelical Protestants tend to favor the GOP, and they are more likely than other Asian-American religious groups overall to say they are politically conservative. Asian Americans’ […]