Muslim Americans were extremely wary of Trump during his presidency: pewresearch.org/religion/2017/… But in the latest @pewreligion polling, Muslims see Biden just as unfavorably as Trump: pewrsr.ch/3TJQzFF

'Just 116 of the nearly 7,400 state legislators in the United States come from working-class backgrounds, according to a biennial study conducted by Nicholas Carnes and Eric Hansen, political scientists at Duke University and Loyola University Chicago.' newsfromthestates.com/article/workin…

A couple of people have asked whether lacking experience in demography or religion research is disqualifying. It's not! If you have the methodological skills and can articulate why you're sincerely interested in the work, please apply!

Are religious people really more prosocial? John Michael Kelly, Stephanie Kramer and I spent years meta-analyzing the massive amount of research on this question. Synthesizing over 700 effects spread over 60 years of study, the answer looks very much like a 'yes'. Thread🧵...

CNN exit polls in South Carolina primary:

White evangelical Christians:
75% Trump
24% Haley

Everyone else:
51% Haley
49% Trump

Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.

“Once we brought the test requirement back, we admitted the most diverse class that we ever had in our history”

An excellent article on The Misguided War on the…

We're looking for interns to work on a coding project on religious restrictions around the world starting next month. Good opportunity for students or recent grads with an interest in religion.

pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CenterEx…

A Tuesday afternoon reminder of our future without increasing immigration.

What percentage of Americans own a gun, and which Americans are most likely to have one? What are their reasons? How many non-gun owners could see themselves owning one in the future? These and other questions answered in new Pew Research Center analysis: pewrsr.ch/48hGvdx

This post is a great resource! It summarizes findings from 20+ years of research on Hispanic identity. pewrsr.ch/3sAlYAy

Despite the atheist mandate, fewer than half of political party members in China (44%) identified as atheist when asked whether they are religious, not religious or an atheist in the 2018 World Values Survey (WVS). Among non-party members, 33% chose the atheist option.

NEW: Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer pewrsr.ch/45NzDCS

NEW REPORT: Measuring Religion in China

Many Chinese adults practice religion or hold religious beliefs, but only 1 in 10 formally identify with a religion.
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pewresearch.org/religion/2023/…

We recently made several code repositories publicly available on our GitHub site that were used by our team in the past. We're excited to share these Django tools with the community and hope that they may be helpful for others. (1/6) github.com/pewresearch

By pleading not guilty, Trump is already different from the vast majority of federal criminal defendants. In 2022, almost 90% of defendants in the federal justice system pleaded guilty. pewrsr.ch/3JfLH6V

We and others have done a lot of work over the years showing that the U.S. is more religious than similarly wealthy countries, but it's not perceived that way. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…