American Culture

“Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) say the way people behave in public these days is ruder than before the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes 20% who say behavior today is a lot ruder.” - Pew

“A majority of drinkers (57%) think their own alcohol use does not increase their risk of serious physical health problems. Still, 43% say their drinking does increase their risk of health problems either a lot or a little.” - Pew Research

“…for the last five years, between 2019 and 2024, the Christian share of the adult population has been relatively stable, hovering between 60% and 64%.” - Pew

“The first group of people to claim evangelical as a noun was the Evangelical Voluntary Church Association in England in the 1830s…. In the US, 100 years later, the evangelist Billy Graham started using the word as a term for people who supported his ministry.” - C.Today

“At the same time, 56% of adults express support for policies aimed at protecting trans people from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces.” - Pew

“Looking back, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.” - Pew

“Just after Election Day in 2024, 69% of registered voters said the elections in their community were run and administered very well, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Yet only 43% said the same about elections across the United States.” - Pew

“Brierley thinks this ‘wider turning of the secular tide in the West,’ is a result of secularism’s failed predictions. A couple decades ago, the New Atheists promised a rational utopia in the wake of religious decline. Instead, we got a crisis of meaning” - Breakpoint

“The 2024 Super Bowl drew more than 123.7 million U.S. viewers, the largest television broadcast viewership in the nation’s history. Yet, most U.S. adults don’t believe God cares who wins the Super Bowl or determines the game’s winner” - Lifeway

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have favorable ratings that exceed their unfavorable ratings by seven or eight percentage points. However, at least one in four U.S. adults are not familiar enough with Rubio and Jeffries to rate them.” - Gallup