American Culture

“Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings. These are just a small slice of the Center’s many research publications from this year.” - Pew

“Slightly more news influencers explicitly identify as Republican, conservative or pro-Donald Trump (27% of news influencers) than Democratic, liberal or pro-Kamala Harris (21%).” - Pew

“But before I start digging deeply into the relationship between religion and fear, I wanted to help orient us to how fear is distributed in the public on a number of demographic variables like age, race, and education.” - Ryan Burge

“Though all elections have consequences—some more than others… they reflect more than they determine. Their outcomes matter, at times greatly. Still, these outcomes result from larger trajectories.” - Breakpoint

“…52% saying they plan to pray before they vote, and 58% saying that religion will play an essential or important role in whom they support for president. Nearly a quarter (21%) say it will play an essential role.” - RNS

“25% say people in the United States have mostly negative views of men who are ‘manly or masculine’ … . But among Republican men, 45% do think people have negative views of masculine men” - Pew

“social media, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube, and more have given consumers the ability to curate their information sources to their exact ideological preferences. And yet, many people report lower trust in the information they get.” - The Dispatch

“The research broke non-practicing Christians into three subcategories and found that ‘practicing Christians’ who attend church services at least once a month identify as Christian and describe their faith as ‘strongly important to them’ score higher than all three groups of ‘nones.’” - CPost

“The ‘How Couples Meet and Stay Together’ (HCMST) project tracks trends in American dating and marriage over time….the HCMST project has compiled and analyzed demographic and relationship information from more than 5,000 American couples since 2009.” - Daily Citizen

“Trust in political and civic institutions highest for local and state governments, lowest for media and Congress” - Gallup