Spotlight Analysis
Politics & Elections
01.25.2011
What Americans Think about Civility
With President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, we wanted to bring to your attention to three recent non-partisan national surveys from Public Religion Research Institute that identified…
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Politics & Elections
01.24.2011
Republicans More Likely to be Blamed for Violent Rhetoric
Americans are significantly more likely to say Republicans more often use violent rhetoric than Democrats in political arguments, finds a PRRI survey.
Survey Report
Politics & Elections
01.20.2011
Only 1-in-5 Give ‘Moral State of the Union’ High Marks
A PRRI survey finds that fewer than one-quarter of Americans say they would give the current “moral state of the union” a grade of an “A” or “B.”
  Recent polling reveals that the public saw the lack of civility in American politics as a serious problem, even before the shootings of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Ar…
Ahead of the 2010 holiday season, a PRRI/RNS Religion survey finds that one in ten Americans have family members celebrating a different holiday than their own.
Perceptions of Obama’s faith, views on Islam, and priorities of white evangelicals: these topics and more in a survey conducted with The Brookings Institution.
Americans are fed up with the lack of civil discourse in the country and say the U.S. is more politically divided than it was in the past, finds a PRRI/RNS poll.
Despite their own views on the issues, few Americans believe that places of worship are doing a good job handling the issue of homosexuality.
Survey Report
Politics & Elections
10.05.2010
Religion and the Tea Party in the 2010 Elections
PRRI’s 2010 AVS profiles the Tea Party movement, finding that nearly half of those who identify with the movement say they are also part of the religious right.
Today comedian Stephen Colbert appeared before a House sub-committee to discuss immigration reform. His testimony, delivered tongue-in-cheek, contained a serious message. According to the Washington P…
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