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Pew Research

Pew: How religious is your state? Comparing states on key measures of religiousness

Filings Wed, 09/17/25 9:00 am

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Most religious: “50% in Mississippi are highly religious, based on an overall scale of religiousness.” Least: Vermont at 13%. - Pew

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Pew: White evangelicals say Trump’s presidency is God’s plan, and so was Biden’s.

Filings Mon, 09/15/25 11:00 am

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“4% say God chose Trump for president in 2024 because God approves of his policies; 2% say Biden won in 2020 because God approved his policies” - RNS

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Americans divided on whether companies should make statements about political, social issues

Filings Wed, 08/06/25 9:00 am

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“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

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Pew: The number of Christian-majority countries fell between 2010 and 2020

Filings Thu, 07/31/25 1:00 pm

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“Most countries have Christian majorities…. However, the Christian share of the population has dropped in many countries. And some countries lost their Christian majority between 2010 and 2020” - Pew

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Pew: Most Americans support teacher-led school prayer to Jesus but views differ by state

Filings Mon, 06/30/25 7:00 am

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“Overall, 52% of Americans support allowing teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus, with 27% strongly in favor of this idea. On the other hand, 46% of those surveyed oppose letting teachers lead their classes in such prayers, with 22% strongly opposing the idea.” - CPost

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Pew: "35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised"

Filings Thu, 06/12/25 11:00 am

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“that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities. Pew Research Center’s Alan Cooperman, director of religion research, explains the trends.” - YouTube

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Beliefs in spirits, afterlife are popular across religiously diverse countries, new study finds

Filings Fri, 05/09/25 10:01 am

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“The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age spirituality.” - RNS

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Americans largely foresee AI having negative effects on news, journalists

Filings Tue, 04/29/25 3:00 pm

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“Roughly half of U.S. adults say that AI will have a very (24%) or somewhat (26%) negative impact on the news people get in the U.S. over the next 20 years.” - Pew

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Americans remain concerned about press freedoms, but partisan views have flipped since 2024

Filings Fri, 04/25/25 7:00 am

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2024: 47% of Republicans/Republican-leaning “said they were extremely or very concerned about restrictions on press freedoms.” Democrats /Democratic-leaning:38%. Today:Democrats (60%), Republicans (28%). - Pew

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Pew Research: How Americans view Israel and the Israel-Hamas war in early 2025

Filings Thu, 04/10/25 9:00 am

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“the public’s views of Israel have turned more negative over the past three years. More than half of U.S. adults (53%) now express an unfavorable opinion of Israel, up from 42% in March 2022” - Pew

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