“Younger adults stand out for describing their smartphone use as excessive. Seven-in-ten adults under 30 say they spend too much time on it, as do about two-thirds of those ages 30 to 49. Roughly half of those ages 50 to 64 and a quarter of those 65 and older say the same.” - Pew
“Most polls do not ask follow-up questions about a person’s religious identity. When they do ask Nones about their specific beliefs, however, we see that they overwhelmingly believe in God (or a ‘higher power’), and they think people have souls.” - CPost
“Americans are significantly less likely than they were 10 years ago to say they participate in a variety of gambling activities. The sharpest drops are in the three most common activities: buying a state lottery ticket, gambling in person at a casino and participating in an office pool.” - Gallup
“…we may be living through a golden age of horror…. we are certainly also living through a curious age of occult demythologisation and which, whether we’re Christians or not, should make us unsettled and disturbed.” - Themelios
“The predicament that young men find themselves in has been building for a long time.
“A 2026 study found that one-third of Americans are currently experiencing an existential crisis of meaning, including 39% of Millennials and an alarming 52% of Gen Z.” - Breakpoint
“El-Sayed beat the favored candidate of the Democratic establishment, Congresswoman Haley Stevens. She’s thoroughly progressive but was the moderate compared with El-Sayed.” - National Review
Also: Will Americans take a radical turn? Democratic Socialists and the electoral landscape - World
“The Economist/YouGov poll, released Tuesday, was based on responses from 1,559 U.S. adults collected between July 25–27…. 54% of Americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, while 32% think it shouldn’t be.” - CPost
“…has the strong alliance between Christians and Donald Trump actually pushed some people out of church? We now have data to answer this question with a great deal of specificity among those who would be the future of the church” - Ryan Burge
“Americans’ average confidence in institutions has been trending downward since 1979…. Confidence finally showed significant improvement in 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic…. However, average confidence quickly reverted and sunk further to 27% in 2022.” - Gallup
