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As the 2012 election season swings, little by little, into higher gear, political commentators are beginning to question President Obama’s ability to rouse the infectious energy among his followers…

The 2011 American Values Survey, released last week, showed across-the-board support for increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.00 an hour. Now, we’ve broken down our findings on…

On Saturday night, Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman found themselves in an unlikely alliance on an important foreign policy issue: torture. Responding to Herman Cain and Mi…

Fully two-thirds of Americans (67%) favor increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.00 an hour. According to Public Religion Research Institute’s 2011 American Values Survey, strong majo…

Yesterday, Mississippi voters decisively rejected a ballot initiative that would have redefined the legal meaning of “personhood” to categorize fertilized eggs as people. Although polls leading up…

PRRI’s 2011 AVS finds six in ten Americans say society would be better off if wealth distribution was more equal—but there are partisan and generational divides.

Tomorrow, Mississippi voters will decide whether to impose a set of far-reaching regulations on abortion and birth control, when they vote on Initiative 26, an amendment to the Mississippi constitutio…

Using several PRRI polls, we take a look at alignments and tensions between Americans identifying with the Tea Party movement and white evangelical Protestants.

Few Americans report having regular interactions with Muslims or much knowledge about their religious beliefs and practices, according to several PRRI surveys.

We delve into Americans’ knowledge of and attitudes about Mormonism, and the implications for Mitt Romney’s candidacy in the 2012 presidential election.