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More Americans stay away from church as pandemic nears year three

By Bob Smietana — January 5, 2023
(RNS) — Many Americans already had dropped out of church life before the pandemic. COVID-19 gave them a reason to let go completely, according to a new survey.

Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services

By Yonat Shimron — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — The only religious group comfortable with church reopenings was white evangelicals — strong partisan supporters of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s Mormon problem continues, new study shows

By Jana Riess — February 4, 2020
(RNS) — A new study shows that Trump is having a hard time generating enthusiasm among Mormon voters, especially women and young adults, even though Mormons remain supporters of the GOP.

‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows

By Kimberly Winston — September 6, 2017
(RNS) — American evangelicals are losing numbers and losing them quickly. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated now form the largest single group in 20 U.S. states.

More ‘nones’ than you think, but many won’t show up on Election Day

By Lauren Markoe — September 22, 2016
(RNS) A full quarter of U.S. adults now say they have no religious affiliation. But despite their heft, the 'nones' are no voting bloc.

Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’

By Kimberly Winston — September 22, 2016
(RNS) In a gloomy forecast for organized religion, only seven percent of the 'nones' say they are looking for a religion.

Nonreligious voters present a puzzle for political parties (ANALYSIS)

By Lauren Markoe — November 5, 2015
(RNS) It's a significant change in American politics, where nonbelief has long been a liability.

Poll: We like our red-white-and-blue patriotism — mostly

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 23, 2015
(RNS) Americans' patriotic fervor is tempered by race and religion, a new survey finds.

Conservative Christians packed an electoral punch, but can they do it again in 2016?

By Lauren Markoe — November 5, 2014
(RNS) Conservative Christians flexed their muscles in the midterms. But can they show the same strength in 2016?

40 years after Roe v. Wade, how do Americans really feel about abortion?

By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2013
(RNS) Forty years after the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, poll numbers reveal how Americans' feelings about abortion have changed -- and remained the same.

Poll: More than one-third of Americans see signs of end times in extreme weather

By Lauren Markoe — December 13, 2012

(RNS) A new poll shows more than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the Bible – a period of turmoil preceding the return of Christ and the end of the world. By Lauren Markoe.

Poll: Religious groups divided on gun control, but united against guns in churches

By Lauren Markoe — August 15, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) A new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service finds that Americans are generally divided about gun control, but certain religious groups are far from ambivalent. By Lauren Markoe.

Survey: most Americans keep faith private online

By Chris Lisee — August 2, 2012

(RNS) A new survey finds that Americans, while mostly religious, do not use social media to supplement worship and mostly keep their faith private online. By Chris Lisee.

New poll examines minorities’ views on social issues

By Lauren Markoe — July 26, 2012

(RNS) Compared to Hispanic Americans, black Americans are far more likely to believe abortion should be legal in most circumstances, even when they personally reject the procedure as immoral. By Lauren Markoe.

One in six voters still think Obama’s a Muslim: Why?

By Lauren Markoe — May 10, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is wrongly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only 1 in 4 can correctly identify him as Protestant, according to a new poll. By Lauren Markoe.

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