Pew Research Center

Poll: Americans' Belief in Global Warming Cools

Science - October 22, 2009

Only 57 percent of poll respondents believe there is strong scientific evidence of warming. more >>

Pew Survey: A Huge God Gap Between Scientists and Other Americans

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - July 16, 2009

83 percent of Americans believe in God, but just 33 percent of American scientists do. more >>

The 5 Things Americans Won't Live Without

Opinion - May 15, 2009

A recent survey has the public ranking what Americans rely on the most. more >>

Losing Religion, Keeping the Faith: Religious 'Nones' Aren't as Godless as You Think

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - May 8, 2009

It turns out that the religiously unaffiliated aren't as faithless as they've been portrayed. more >>

Many Americans Are Saying Goodbye to Religion, but Not Faith

By Dan Gilgoff - Nation & World - May 6, 2009

Polls show the unaffiliated are much less antagonistic toward religion than once thought. more >>

Poll: Minority of Catholics Oppose Notre Dame's Obama Invite

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - April 30, 2009

A minority of Catholics oppose the university's invitation to the president. more >>

Poll: Most Evangelicals and Catholics Condone Torture in Some Instances

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - April 30, 2009

Certain religious groups are more likely than others to condone torture of suspected terrorists. more >>

Does the American Catholic Church Have a Numbers Problem?

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - April 27, 2009

A new Pew report shows that Catholics have lost the most members as Americans change affiliation. more >>

Pew Survey: Most Americans Have Switched Religious Affiliations at Least Once

By Dan Gilgoff - Nation & World - April 27, 2009

44 percent now claim a religious affiliation different from their childhood faith. more >>

Obama Socialist Charge Is Catching On

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - April 23, 2009

New Pew poll gauging President Obama's 100 days finds more chatter about socialism than change. more >>

Pew Poll Analysis: Faith Is Major Factor in Global Warming Views

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - April 21, 2009

A new Pew analysis finds that just one third of evangelicals believe in human-caused global warming. more >>

Poll: Most Mainline Protestants Say Society Should Accept Homosexuality

By Dan Gilgoff - God & Country - March 23, 2009

As many as 70 percent of certain mainline Protestants say homosexuality should be accepted by society. more >>

Barack Obama Leads John McCain in Polls and Voter Enthusiasm

By Liz Halloran - Nation & World - November 3, 2008

The final Pew Research Center presidential poll looks much like other national surveys. more >>

New Poll Finds More Than Half of Democrats Want Clinton as Obama's Vice President

By Kent Garber - Nation & World - July 10, 2008

It also shows most voters don't think McCain is too old to be president. more >>

Republicans Like Obama or Edwards as Democratic Pick

News Desk - November 19, 2007

Hillary Clinton may be a Democratic favorite, but if Republicans had to choose which Democratic candidate they'd like to see win the nomination, she wouldn't be the pick. In a new poll released today by the Pew Research Center, the two candidates who are closely following Clinton in the polls—Barack Obama and John Edwards—are more popular with GOP voters. Twenty-one percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters said they'd pick Obama to win the nomination, and 17 percent chose Edwards. Clinton came in third, with 11 percent. more >>