Demographics & Politics

About half of Americans say the Bible should have at least “some” influence on U.S. laws; 23% say it should have “a great deal” of influence.

Older Americans are more likely than younger adults to feel their health is at risk, while younger people are focused on economic threats.

Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.

A majority of Americans say Trump is “not too” or “not at all” religious. Half either say they’re not sure what his religion is or that he has none.

Few United States adults – just 5% – say God chose Donald Trump to be president because God approves of his policies.

White evangelicals largely see Trump as fighting for their beliefs and advancing their interests, and they feel their side generally has been winning recently on political matters important to them.

There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.

There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.

In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.

California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.