religion and politics / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam Protestants and highly religious Americans, traditionally Israel's most sympathetic supporters, are shrinking in size. /opinion/polling-matters/646214/support-israel-hampered-declining-religiosity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/646214/support-israel-hampered-declining-religiosity.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:30:00 GMT Recent ºÚÁÏÍø data confirm a significant and growing relationship between religiosity and partisan identity in the U.S. /opinion/polling-matters/510464/politics-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/510464/politics-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:30:00 GMT Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been identified as an evangelical for most of his public career, but defining exactly what that means today faces a number of challenges. /opinion/polling-matters/472772/jimmy-carter-challenge-identifying-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/472772/jimmy-carter-challenge-identifying-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:30:00 GMT After surging last spring to 38%, the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is increasing its influence on society has fallen back to pre-pandemic levels at 16%. /poll/351329/pandemic-eases-fewer-religion-gaining-influence.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/351329/pandemic-eases-fewer-religion-gaining-influence.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT Southern Baptists, meeting in Nashville for their annual convention, remain the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. /opinion/polling-matters/350987/look-southern-baptists-today.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/350987/look-southern-baptists-today.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:30:00 GMT Americans' attitudes toward Israel and the Palestinians reflect their underlying religious identity and religiosity. /opinion/polling-matters/350435/americans-religion-sympathies-middle-east.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/350435/americans-religion-sympathies-middle-east.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 28 May 2021 17:30:00 GMT There is little evidence that Joe Biden, only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, is getting unusually high approval ratings from Catholics. /opinion/polling-matters/345794/few-signs-catholic-bump-biden.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/345794/few-signs-catholic-bump-biden.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:30:00 GMT Biden may have picked up marginal support among White evangelical Protestants and Catholics this year compared with 2016, but it is difficult to determine what impact it may have had on election outcomes. /opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:30:00 GMT While Pope Francis' comments supporting same sex civil unions were a drastic shift in Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a decade. /poll/322805/catholics-backed-sex-marriage-2011.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/322805/catholics-backed-sex-marriage-2011.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:45:00 GMT The evangelical vote is a topic of high interest, but defining who evangelicals are and understanding their voting intentions present challenges. /opinion/polling-matters/322052/update-evangelicals-trump-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/322052/update-evangelicals-trump-election.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:30:00 GMT