Pew Charitable Trusts
For Support Of An Expanded Study On American Political Beliefs And Values
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Amount$450,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/23/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Pew Research Center conducts some of the nation’s most respected nonpartisan survey research about American attitudes toward politics and policy. Since 1987 Pew Research has conducted a periodic "Political Typology" survey, sorting Americans into cohesive groups based on their values, political beliefs and party affiliation. These studies have helped reveal substantial political and social differences within as well as across members of each political party. This grant, Special Projects’ first to Pew Research, would support an expansion of the Typology study to explore the causes and consequences of political polarization in the U.S. amongst a much larger group of Americans than this study has previously included. Results of this expanded study would provide a rich data base for academics, journalists, and others studying such topics.
About the Grantee
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for expanding the global reach of the Transforming Evidence Funders Network
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