Michael Dimock
The divide from a question asked in a new Pew Research Center report. RNS image courtesy Bill Webster/Pew Research Center.
Toss out the party and ideology labels: Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal.
The Pew Research Center’s new survey, “ Beyond Red VS Blue: The Political Typology,” finds no sharp lines dividing people by their views on politics, faith, family, and the role and limits of government.
“It’s a spectrum,” said Michael Dimock, vice president for research for Pew Research Center.
Looking at questions relating to faith and family, he observed, “the caricature that all religious people are Republican is just not true.”
Black and Hispanic political liberals who attend church and hold conservative views on issues such as gay marriage hew red on social issues.