Claudia Deane

@cdeane.bsky.social

EVP @ Pew Research Center. Believer in data. Interested in what comes next for social science research.

Do you feel like you don’t fit in as a ‘Democrat’ or a ‘Republican?’ Our new political typology shows this complexity, sorting the public into nine distinct groups based on their political and cultural values. The result is a picture of American politics with far more than just red and blue.

Chart of The 2026 Pew Research Center Political Typology.

All the @pewresearch.org data about views on the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-political aftermath in one place: www.pewresearch.org?p=197456 As are many of you, this week am marking 5 yrs since entering quarantine phase. Brings back some feelings!

5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.

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Do the words "interactive database" make your heart sing? Then this is for you. All the data you could want on Americans' religious beliefs, policy beliefs, etc. Nationally and *by state*. Brought to you by a hardworking, cross-institutional team @pewresearch.org www.pewresearch.org/religious-la...

Religious Landscape Study | Pew Research Center

The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

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Our Data Labs team has been experimenting with geographical data... Check out the maps in their latest effort : Most Americans now live in a legal marijuana state – and most have at least one dispensary in their county. pewrsr.ch/3uJfiBR by Athena Chapekis and Sono Shah

For our Survey Friends (and profs, this includes you), a deep dive into Pew Research's current thinking on how to ask the key demographic questions we all use to make sense of populations. Hard thinking but easy reading! www.pewresearch.org/methods/2024... Scott Keeter Anna Brown Dana Popky

Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity

As a shop that studies human behavior through surveys and other social scientific techniques, we have a good line of sight into the contradictory nature of human preferences. Here's a look at how we c...

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For all the SURVEY RESEARCH types blueskyin' it: Pew Research Center just released our annual benchmarks for party ID and religious affiliation. Ton o' effort to get these, so we want to be sure they get used! National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) pewrsr.ch/3ukleLR

National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS)

NPORS is an annual survey of U.S. adults conducted by the Pew Research Center used to to produce benchmark estimates for several topics.

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