April 2, 2020

Fear, Frustration, and Faith: Americans Respond to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Findings from the March 2020 American Perspectives Survey

The March 2020 American Perspectives Survey finds that young people are most likely to have hoarded supplies and reveals a large partisan divide in opinions on how the federal government and Donald Trump handled coronavirus. Continue Reading →

March 20, 2020

Millennials and Baby Boomers Are Not at Odds Over Coronavirus

When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, younger and older Americans are not responding so differently. Continue Reading →

March 3, 2020

Hating Donald Trump Won’t be Enough For Democrats to Win

If Democrats plan to coast by on public antipathy alone, they could be in for a rude awakening. Continue Reading →

February 13, 2020

Younger Christians Care Less About Their Partner’s Religious Beliefs

Younger Christians are much more comfortable than older Christians with the idea of dating someone who does not share their views about God. Continue Reading →

February 10, 2020

Dating Across the Aisle is Difficult in the Age of Trump

It’s not surprising that Trump has intruded into our dating lives. Through social media, news coverage, and a barrage of controversial comments, Trump is a feature of American public life. Continue Reading →

Cartoon of a Republican elephant and a Democrat donkey, multiple elephants in showing affection to one another and multiple donkeys showing affection to one another

February 6, 2020

Partisan Attachment: How Politics is Changing Dating and Relationships in the Trump Era

Findings from the January 2020 American Perspectives Survey

The January 2020 American Perspectives Survey explores dating and relationships. Abortion and Donald Trump are key dating dealbreakers for many Americans. Continue Reading →

January 7, 2020

Hidden Identity: When Americans Decide to Keep Their Religious Background to Themselves

For many Americans, religion is a fundamental part of who they are. But for many other Americans sharing religious beliefs with others is not as easy. Continue Reading →

December 12, 2019

Millennials are Leaving Religion and Not Coming Back

Millennials are more likely to say they they have no religion as they are to identify as Christian, as evidence mounts that today’s younger generations may be leaving religion for good. Continue Reading →

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Survey Reports

Daniel A. Cox
July 23, 2026

A Digital Divide in American Adolescence: Gender, Class, and the New Teenage Experience

If teenage years once represented a time of rebellion, teenagers’ lives today are marked less by pushing boundaries and more by building their own. Many teenage experiences are less common than they once were—dating, working a part-time job, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol are less common experiences. The 2026 American Teenagers Survey from the Continue Reading →

Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
April 27, 2026

Strangers Next Door: The Decline of Neighborhood Socializing and the Class Divide in Belonging

Acknowledgment The American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life is grateful to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its generous support of this research. As Americans spend more of their time online, the neighborhood—once a primary physical location for real-world socialization—is playing less of a central role than ever before. Since Continue Reading →