report | Nov 3, 2010

Religion in the 2010 Elections: A Preliminary Look

A Pew Forum analysis of National Election Pool exit poll data reported by CNN shows that Republican gains among religious groups parallel the party’s broad-based gains among the overall electorate and white voters in particular.

feature | Nov 2, 2010

Trends in Voting Intentions

This interactive graphic summarizes the voting intentions of major religious groups, drawing on data from the latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press among respondents reached on landlines and cell phones. Users can toggle between results among registered voters (from Pew Research Center surveys conducted between August 2009 and […]

short reads | Nov 2, 2010

Back to [Catholic] School

More than four-in-ten Catholics do not know that their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion do not merely symbolize, but actually become, the body and blood of Christ.

short reads | Nov 2, 2010

Faithful Students?

On a quiz of religious knowledge, on average, Americans answer 16 of 32 questions correctly.

short reads | Nov 2, 2010

Employment: Foreign Born vs. Native Born

In the year following the official end of the recent recession, the unemployment rate for immigrant workers fell 0.6 percentage points, while for native-born workers it rose 0.5 percentage points.

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