PRRI’s latest polling finds that just 27% of Americans hold favorable views of the term “Christian nationalism,” compared with 47% who hold unfavorable views. In addition, nearly 1 in 4 Americans (23%) have not heard of this term.
Partisan divides remain stark, and holding a favorable view of the term “Christian nationalism” is strongly correlated with holding harsh views about immigrants and immigration policy.
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A new PRRI Spotlight Analysis examines factors shaping Americans’ confidence in ICE, including party and religion, and their views of whether federal funding for the agency has gone too far as ICE plays an increasingly visible role under the Trump administration.
While solid majorities of Americans of color, including Black (69%), Hispanic (68%), and AAPI Americans (67%), have little or no confidence in ICE, white Americans are divided (50% have confidence vs. 49% who have little or no confidence). Americans of color are also significantly more likely than white Americans to believe increased ICE funding goes too far: most Hispanic (66%), AAPI (62%), Black (61%), and multiracial Americans (56%), compared with 45% of white Americans.
Read the full Spotlight written by PRRI Director of Research Diana Orcés, Ph.D., at PRRI.org or at the link in our bio.
PRRI’s latest report reveals a wide range of support for Christian nationalism at the state level — from 15% in Massachusetts to 54% in Arkansas.
🔺Highest support for Christian nationalism: Arkansas (54%), Mississippi (52%), West Virginia (51%), Oklahoma (49%), and Wyoming (46%)
🔻Lowest support for Christian nationalism: California (22%), New Jersey (22%), New York (21%), Washington (18%), and Massachusetts (15%)
How does your state compare?
Stay tuned for a closer look at individual states and explore the full data at PRRI.org
PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman, Ph.D., discusses PRRI data in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the abortion pill, mifepristone, will remain available via telehealth.
68% of Americans oppose laws that make it illegal to use or receive through the mail FDA-approved drugs for medical abortion.
Despite headlines about a possible religious revival among Gen Z, PRRI’s data tells a different story.
In 2025, young men (ages 18–29) did not become more religious: the share who identify as religiously unaffiliated has remained largely unchanged since 2013, holding steady at 35% in both 2013 and 2025.
The bigger shift is among young women. In 2013, 29% identified as religiously unaffiliated. By 2025, that number has risen to 43%.
Read the full PRRI Census of American Religion at the link in our bio.
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering an emergency request concerning a nationwide ban on the mailing of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortion.
Today, most Americans continue to support abortion rights:
• 61% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases
• 36% say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, including just 8% who say it should be illegal in all cases
These findings are explored in PRRI’s latest report, Mapping Abortion Views Across All 50 States. Read more at PRRI.org.
‘Insecure Masculinity,’ Pronatalism, and Christian Nationalism
Watch our new Q&A with award-winning sociologist and PRRI Affiliated Scholar Samuel Perry, Ph.D., on PRRI’s Substack.
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The 2025 PRRI American Values Survey asked Americans if they agree or disagree with the statement “Today, discrimination against Christians has become as big a problem as discrimination against other groups.”
We found that 37% agree vs. 59% disagree.
Notably, white evangelical Protestants are the only religious group where the majority say that discrimination against Christians has become as big a problem as discrimination against other groups (65%).
Read more at PRRI.org.
A recent investigation from the Washington Post found at least 780 incidents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in which staff used physical force or chemical agents against detainees during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term.
94% of Democrats, 87% of independents, and 74% of Republicans agree that ICE officers should be held accountable for actions that are unnecessarily violent or violate peoples’ civil rights. Majorities across religious affiliations also agree.
Over two-thirds of Americans oppose laws that make it illegal to use or receive through the mail FDA-approved drugs for medical abortion (68%), while about three in ten favor these laws (28%), according to the 2024 PRRI American Values Atlas.
Opposition has declined by 4 percentage points, from 72% in 2022 when the question was first asked.
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Very few Americans support violence in politics. Just 5% say killing a political opponent can be justified if that person poses a clear danger to the country.
But there’s a generational divide: Americans over 50 overwhelmingly reject political violence, while younger Americans — especially those under 30 — are more divided.
This data comes from a representative survey of 5,547 adults conducted Nov. 21-Dec. 8, 2025.
Read more at PRRI.org
