The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: Politics & Elections
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life provides a resource page on religion and politics. It includes links to relevant surveys and news items.
Category: Elections
100 Questions and Answers About Arab Americans: A Journalist’s Guide
The Detroit Free Press provides this resource on Islam and Arab-Americans in the U.S.
“The Tea Party, four years later”
Read an April 16, 2013, article from NBC News about how the Tea Party is faring four years after its founding.
“What the tea party cost the GOP”
Read a Dec. 18, 2012, article from CNN about how, over time, the tea party lost its appeal and ultimately became a detriment to the Republican Party.
“Tea Party Election Results: Conservative Movement Of 2010 Takes Pounding In 2012”
Read a Nov. 7, 2012, article from the Huffington Post about how the Tea Party fared in the 2012 election.
“Tea Party Candidates Losing Steam in 2012”
Read a June 27, 2012, article from ABC News about how the Tea Party fared as the 2012 elections went on.
“Haley, Jindal and America’s new religious litmus test”
As Aseem Shukla, a doctor who is also on the board of the Hindu American Foundation, wrote at the On Faith blog for The Washington Post, that the Indian-American candidates for public office do not always embrace their Indian religious traditions.
“Record number of Indian-Americans seeking office”
There are currently at least eight Indian-Americans running for Congress or statewide office, which may be a record, according to this Associated Press report in June 2010.
“Is the Tea Party unbiblical?”
Read a July 22, 2010, Religion New Service story posted on the Washington Post site discussing whether or not the Tea Party is compatible with Christianity.