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Media portrayals of the religiously unaffiliated are illuminating their depth and complexity, but some aspects of the story deserve a second look.

As the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade approaches, is it time to move past the "pro-choice" and "pro-life" labels?

Vice President Joe Biden will discuss gun control with the National Rifle Association later this week. Americans' perspectives on the influential gun lobby are mixed.

Two years after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in a Tucson parking lot, we take a look at where Americans stand on gun control.

The PRRI/RNS survey finds that Americans are more likely to attribute the severity of recent natural disasters to climate change than to biblical “end times.”

Affiliated Scholar Paul A. Djupe explores data which sheds light on the level of racial resentment toward Obama among white Americans.

In the aftermath of Mitt Romney’s loss to Barack Obama, analysts have noted that the Republican nominee lost in large measure due to changing American demographics—particularly the rise of the Lat…

PRRI’s 2012 post-election American Values Survey confirms that winning a majority of white Christian votes is no longer sufficient to secure the presidency.

On November 6, California voters will have the opportunity to decide whether the death penalty should be abolished in their state.

An exploration of the unaffiliated vote since 1980s shows two interesting features: first, the Democratic advantage among this group is not a recent phenomenon but stretches back at least as far as 19…