{"id":5552,"date":"2016-02-25T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2016-02-25T21:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:23:15","slug":"pew-research-most-buddhists-in-usa-are-democrats-have-your-say-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2016\/02\/pew-research-most-buddhists-in-usa-are-democrats-have-your-say-here.html","title":{"rendered":"Pew Research: most Buddhists in USA are Democrats &#8211; Have your say here"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>As voters continue to go to the polls across the country in primaries and caucuses, we\u2019re hoping to get a clearer picture of who Buddhists in the US support.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I\u2019ve designed a simple poll to find out who Buddhists support in the upcoming US presidential race. Please complete it as fully as possible and share it with friends\/sangha members\/etc to get the largest body of data possible. The poll is open to Non-Buddhists and to individuals outside of the US as well.<\/p>\n<p>The poll will provide data on Buddhist political leanings generally, as well as specific information based on age, gender, income levels, racial\/ethnic background, and location. Under religious affiliation, individuals can select <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhism<\/a> along with other religions if they choose, and within Buddhism can select multiple schools. With just 10 questions, the poll should take less than five minutes to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Comments in the comment section below (on this blog) are welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The poll closes MONDAY, February 29 at noon MST (2pm EST).\u00a0A breakdown of results will be posted shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(This may not\u00a0work on iPhones \u2013 if you don\u2019t see it below, click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rmwkIlgM5ITmERbsTQcq20tz5FmB3pCPxf4FXAgTcWQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">UPDATE: The initial surveymonkey poll was limited to 100 responses, which came in quickly. Those will be assessed along with the ones that continue to come in over the next 4 days on this form.<\/span><br>\n\u2013<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rmwkIlgM5ITmERbsTQcq20tz5FmB3pCPxf4FXAgTcWQ\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"680\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\">Loading\u2026<\/iframe><br>\n\u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Still not seeing the survey? Try here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rmwkIlgM5ITmERbsTQcq20tz5FmB3pCPxf4FXAgTcWQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rmwkIlgM5ITmERbsTQcq20tz5FmB3pCPxf4FXAgTcWQ\/viewform<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As results from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2016\/02\/23\/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2014 Pew Research poll show<\/a>, Buddhists in the US are 16% Republican\/lean Rep., 69% Democrat\/lean Dem., and 16% Independent\/no lean\/other.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLipka\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@MikeLipka<\/a>\u2018s post on the political leanings of US religious groups: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yQh3tUlwPc\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/yQh3tUlwPc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dredberry\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@dredberry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bSf722y7hU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bSf722y7hU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conradhackett\/status\/702495536214089729\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><em>Stay in touch with American Buddhist Perspectives on Facebook:<\/em><\/center>\n<div class=\"fb-page\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanbuddhistperspectives\" data-width=\"500\" data-small-header=\"false\" data-adapt-container-width=\"true\" data-hide-cover=\"false\" data-show-facepile=\"true\" data-show-posts=\"false\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanbuddhistperspectives\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"FacebookURL\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">American Buddhist Perspectives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As voters continue to go to the polls across the country in primaries and caucuses, we\u2019re hoping to get a clearer picture of who Buddhists in the US support. 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