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A massive new survey from PRRI reveals seismic shifts in the religious landscape within the US. The report is based on findings from the single largest survey of American religious and denominational identity ever conducted, based on interviews with more than 101,000 Americans from all 50 states conducted across 2016. The […]

PRRI Poll: US religious landscape undergoing dramatic transformation

This entry was posted in People politics poll religion society and tagged poll PRRI religiously unaffiliated US on September 9, 2017 by Dave

atheists — Back in 2007 PewResearch did a comprehensive Religious landscape survey. That was then updated with a repeat poll in 2014. You can find all the online results here. There you can drill down into the specific details for any demographic. As a quick summary, here are the overall results … […]

Apparently only 92% of Atheists are Atheists

This entry was posted in atheism People politics poll society and tagged Atheists pew research poll religious landscape on August 31, 2017 by Dave

reliable news — Since we live in the age of “Fake News” and “Alternative Facts”, then knowing how people work out what is and is not actually true is something I find interesting, and I suspect I’m not alone in this. If I picked my personal top 10 most reliable news sources, you […]

Top 10 most reliable news sources vs bottom 10

This entry was posted in media poll society and tagged alternative facts fake news news poll trust on August 9, 2017 by Dave

creationism — Since yesterday was an “Ark Special” posting all about the latest antics at the Answer in Genesis Ark Encounter, it is perhaps appropriate to follow that up with an update on who might take a belief in a 6,000 year old earth seriously. Gallup Data – May 2017 The latest […]

Support for Creationism is declining

This entry was posted in origins People poll religion society and tagged Creationism evolution gallup poll US on July 24, 2017 by Dave

Let’s start with a quick reality check, this is about the results of one poll, so please do digest with a pinch of salt even if you do like what it says. So the Washington Post reports the details of a poll they ran. Just to be wholly transparent here, this is not […]

Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose Trump scrapping Paris agreement

This entry was posted in media People politics poll society and tagged opinion Paris Agreement poll trump on June 7, 2017 by Dave

A recent poll demonstrates that while Donald Trump and the Republican party are in complete denial of reality, most of the public are rather sensible, and are not like this. There is also a deeper message here as well, one that is very encouraging, but hidden in the details. First, […]

Deeper encouraging trend emerges from recent #climate poll data

This entry was posted in Climate Change media news People politics science society and tagged climate poll Quinnipiac Steven Pinker on April 10, 2017 by Dave