American Culture

“Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society.” - Pew

“A fifth of U.S. adults now regularly get news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020. In fact, during that span, no social media platform we’ve studied has experienced faster growth in news consumption, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.” - Pew

“Insofar as movement conservatism has followed the incentives of this mass politics, incessantly focused on winning national elections, it has taken the ‘popular conservative’ instinct that Kirk identified and redirected it in the direction of personal grievance and collective projects.

“More than 2 in 3 Americans (68 percent) say God is unchanging…. Seven in 10 (71 percent) agree there is one true God in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.” - Baptist Press

“Half of Americans believe a terminally ill person should be able to ask a doctor for help in ending their life. Legal approval has outpaced the growth in public support.” - The Baptist Paper

“The moral views of Americans are not static, however. Many have shifted over the more than 20 years Gallup has conducted this poll. Mostly, Americans have grown more permissive.” - Baptist Press

“The meaning of American conservatism is perhaps more hotly contested today than at any other point in the movement’s history.” - L&L

“The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by one percentage point in Gallup’s nearly 90-year trend.” - Gallup

“This is similar to what we found in July 2020, when 52% said these statements were important and 48% said they were not important.” - Pew