Religion & Politics

How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.

About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.

A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances.

While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.

Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.

A majority of Republicans along with a smaller but substantial majority of Democrats believe in heaven, hell or some other form of afterlife.

Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.

Here are some recent survey findings about Joe Biden, the pope, the debate over whether the president should receive Communion, and more.

A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.

The U.S. Muslim population has grown in the decades since 9/11, but views toward them have become increasingly polarized along political lines.