CommentaryJune 29, 2023
Nonreligious Americans are the New Abortion Voters
After Dobbs, abortion might prove a bigger motivating factor for nonreligious voters than religious, pro-life Americans
Survey ReportsJune 29, 2023
The 2024 Presidential Election: Evolving Political Coalitions and Familiar Partisan Divisions
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the AEI Survey Center on American Life conducted a national survey of Americans that explored a wide range of political attitudes, current voting preferences, and perceptions of the political parties.
CommentaryJune 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay for Our AI Future: More Loneliness
Americans are trapped in a loneliness epidemic and AI chatbots like ChatGPT could make it even worse.
CommentaryMay 18, 2023
Some Evangelical Voters Aren’t Sold On Trump. Will That Help DeSantis?
White Evangelical Protestants comprise Trump’s base, but cracks are forming along educational and generational lines. What does this mean for 2024?
CommentaryApril 11, 2023
American Politics Needs a New National Purpose
The United States seems to have lost its way as a country. Americans have generally low regard for our political leaders, little faith in our institutions, and even less in each other. Our politics are defined by acrimony and division. We’ve witnessed a decades-long deterioration in civic life and social solidarity. The erosion of traditional
Facts & FiguresApril 7, 2023
White Evangelical Trump Support Fracturing
White evangelicals have been Trump’s most consistent and committed supporters throughout his presidency. They overwhelmingly supported Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. More recently, some white evangelicals appear less enthused about Trump. Only 56 percent of white evangelicals with a college degree have a favorable view of Trump, down from 68 percent
Facts & FiguresApril 4, 2023
A Generational Jump in Bisexuality
New research finds that one in five adults who belong to Generation Z (age 18 to 25) identify as LGBT. However, most of the increase is due to the jump in bisexual identity—roughly two-thirds of those LGBT Gen Zers are bisexual. Part of this increase in bisexual identity reflects the fluidity with which young people
Facts & FiguresFebruary 22, 2023
Friend Zone
Dating apps have become an undeniable part of the romantic landscape, but more young people opting for a different strategy of finding a partner: Their friends. A new report, “From Swiping to Sexting: The Enduring Gender Divide in American Dating and Relationships” finds that young adults are much more likely than older Americans to say
Survey ReportsFebruary 9, 2023
From Swiping to Sexting: The Enduring Gender Divide in American Dating and Relationships
The January 2023 American Perspectives Survey sheds some light on dating preferences, experiences, and perspectives. The national survey of more than 5,000 adults age 18 and older, including nearly 800 single adults, finds that Americans have strong dating preferences when it comes to living at home, being unemployed, and smoking.
Survey ReportsJanuary 5, 2023
Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Changed American Religion
The Survey Center on American Life at AEI teamed up with researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago to measure religious affiliation and attendance both before the pandemic (2018 to March 2020) and again in spring 2022, revealing who remained at the pews, who returned to the pews, and who left.