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African, Gulf States Most Positive About Muslim-West Relations

Countries in Africa rank highest on Gallup's inaugural Muslim-West Perceptions Index, which measures how positively people in majority-Muslim and Western countries view relations between these two societies. Countries in the Arab Gulf are not ...

U.S. Muslims Most Approving of Obama, Mormons Least

President Barack Obama received majority job approval during the first half of 2014 from U.S. Muslims (72%), Jews (55%), and those with no religion (54%), and lower approval from Catholics (44%), Protestants (37%), and Mormons (18%).

Highly Religious, White Protestants Firm in Support for Trump

Trump job approval among highly religious, white Protestants is high and has remained stable since he took office.

Confidence in U.S. Public Schools at New Low

Americans express record-low confidence in public schools, organized religion, banks, and television news this year. Among 16 institutions rated, Americans continue to be most confident in the military and least in Congress.

In U.S., Increasing Number Have No Religious Identity

Americans have become increasingly less tied to formal religion in recent decades, with the percentage saying they do not have a specific religious identity growing from near zero in the 1950s to 16% this year and last.

Bias Against a Mormon Presidential Candidate Same as in 1967

Mitt Romney faces the same level of prejudice against his religion as his father George Romney did in 1967, with 18% of Americans saying they would not vote for a well-qualified presidential candidate who is a Mormon.

Santorum, Romney, Gender, and Religion

Despite some conventional wisdom to the contrary, there is very little gender distinction in Republicans' support for the two leading GOP presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.

U.S. Religious Groups Disagree on Five Key Moral Issues

U.S. Jews and nonreligious Americans tend to be more liberal on moral issues than Protestants, Catholics and Mormons. Mormons diverge from all other groups on the morality of premarital sex and gambling.

Mississippi Is Most Religious U.S. State

Mississippi is the most religious U.S. state, with almost six in 10 residents classified as "very religious." Vermont and New Hampshire are the least religious states, with fewer than one in four very religious residents.

More Than 6 in 10 Very Religious Whites Identify With GOP

Very religious white Americans continue to be one of the most Republican segments of the U.S. population: 62% identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, and 27% identify as Democrats. Partisanship among Hispanics and Asians -- but not ...