@jeffdime

Senior Writer/Editor @PewReligion, Ph.D in U.S. religious history, author, former newspaper reporter

Joined March 2009
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New: Religious makeup of Congress continues to not reflect the US Christians: 62 % of the country 87 % of Congress Religiously unaffiliated: 28 % of the country 0.6 % of Congress pewresearch.org/religion/202…

Faith on the Hill

Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.

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As schools intensify efforts to regulate cellphone use in school, where do Americans stand on the issue? NEW findings from @pewresearch pewresearch.org/short-reads/…
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Support for a TikTok ban continues to decline in the U.S. In March 2023, 50% of Americans backed the government banning TikTok in the U.S. That number has now dropped to 28%. NEW from @pewresearch pewresearch.org/short-reads/…
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We put together a little grab-bag of things to know about election polling in the US, for example that polling methods are quite different today than in 2016, that the margin of sampling error captures just one of several kinds of error, and much more pewrsr.ch/3iay5d5

Key things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024

Polls are more useful to the public if people have realistic expectations about what surveys can do well – and what they cannot.

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The electorate has gotten older since the 1990s: 58% of registered voters are 50 or older; that compares to 41% in 1996. And older voters vote at higher rates, so they have even more electoral clout. pewrsr.ch/49v1YPB
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How many Latinos will be eligible to vote this year? (i.e. be an adult U.S. citizen) See our recent report with a November 2024 projection: pewresearch.org/short-reads/… @pewidentity @pewresearch

Key facts about Hispanic eligible voters in 2024

An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.

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A new report from my @pewresearch colleagues dives into what K-12 teachers think - including which groups they think have too much or too little power in schooling pewresearch.org/social-trend…
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🔍 Curious about the new Pew-Knight Initiative? 🚨Explore the ins and outs: pewrsr.ch/3OR160j 📰 Press release: knightfoundation.org/press/r… 📌 Bookmark this page: pewresearch.org/pew-knight/ 💬 Got research ideas or spot any gaps? Let's chat! #KMF24 @knightfdn @pewresearch

Introducing the Pew-Knight Initiative

The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.

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NEW from @pewresearch: pewresearch.org/short-reads/…

By a wide margin, Americans say football – not baseball – is ‘America’s sport’

More than half of Americans (53%) say America’s sport is football – about twice the share who say it’s baseball (27%).

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NEW from @pewresearch: Ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, what do Americans see as their national sport? The answer is football, and it's not especially close. pewrsr.ch/42qLqqe
Bar chart showing that 53% of U.S. adults say "America's sport" is football, while 27% say it's baseball. Much smaller shares of adults choose other sports such as basketball (8%), soccer (3%), auto racing (3%) or hockey (1%). The chart is based on a Pew Research Center survey of nearly 12,000 adults, conducted in August 2023, as part of a larger project about sports fandom in the United States.

ALT Bar chart showing that 53% of U.S. adults say "America's sport" is football, while 27% say it's baseball. Much smaller shares of adults choose other sports such as basketball (8%), soccer (3%), auto racing (3%) or hockey (1%). The chart is based on a Pew Research Center survey of nearly 12,000 adults, conducted in August 2023, as part of a larger project about sports fandom in the United States.

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How often do different demographic groups use social media platforms? See the report: pewresearch.org/internet/202… @pewresearch @pewinternet @pewidentity
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Chip Rotolo@chip_rotolo7 Dec 2023
NEW from @pewresearch 83% of U.S. adults believe people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body. Read our latest report on #spirituality among Americans here: pewrsr.ch/3t8UrHd
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It may seem as if Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much these days, but a new @pewresearch survey shows strong bipartisan support for policies aimed at how youth use social media, i.e. parental consent & time restrictions for minors pewrsr.ch/40iobgQ
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Great analysis by @ColleenAMcClain to understand how digital knowledge, tech confidence, and privacy concerns may- or may not - translate to the actions people take to secure their personal data @pewresearch pewresearch.org/internet/202…

3. A deep dive into online privacy choices

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Neil G. Ruiz@neil_ruiz11 Oct 2023
New: Religion Among Asian Americans. A rising share say they have no religion, but many consider themselves close to one or more religious traditions for reasons such as family or culture pewrsr.ch/3FdT9x6

Religion Among Asian Americans

A rising share of Asian Americans say they have no religion (32%), but many consider themselves close to one or more religious traditions for reasons such as family or culture. Christianity is still...

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% who say Earth is warming mainly b/c of human activity, by religion 25% Evangelical Prot. 41% Mainline Prot. 44% Historically Black Prot. 44% Catholic 61% No religion pewrsr.ch/466a80b
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In advance of next week's expected update to Laudato Si, an updated @pewresearch analysis takes a look at the latest data on how Catholics view climate change. pewrsr.ch/466a80b

The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?

71% of Hispanic Catholics see climate change as an extremely or very serious problem, compared with 49% of White, non-Hispanic Catholics.

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NEW: Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married. By comparison, there is much less concern about people having fewer children. pewrsr.ch/45OGtIt

Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive

Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.

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Our new report from @pewresearch on religion in South and Southeast Asia can be read in Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Sinhala, Thai and Khmer. Click the link here then select your desired language below! pewrsr.ch/3rdGSoX
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More Americans who have heard of ChatGPT are using it for work and learning today than when @pewresearch first asked these questions in the Spring. NEW survey data here: pewrsr.ch/3OXu8ue
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