Kirsten Lesage is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life team, specializing in international survey research. Her research explores religious identities, beliefs and practices around the world. She has worked on surveys examining ‘religious switching’ in 36 countries, religion and spirituality in East Asian societies, and religious tolerance. Kirsten holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from the […]
This report was written by Rakesh Kochhar, senior researcher, and Mohamad Moslimani, research assistant. Editorial guidance for the report was provided by Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research, and Kim Parker, director, social trends research. Guidance on the communications strategy and outreach was provided by Tanya Arditi, senior communications manager. The report was […]
Americans express highly negative views of elected officials – and have grown increasingly pessimistic about their congressional representatives over the past several years. In fact, views of Congress, congressional leadership, the current and former president, and the vice president are all underwater. When asked about various aspects of the job those in Congress are doing, […]