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Whether people approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court ruling that no state or local government may require the reading of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools (GSS).
Latest: 49% answered “Disapprove” in GSS, 2024.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
Groups differ from everyone by 9 points on average across all answers.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS | Approval of ban on Bible prayer in public schools A. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that no state or local government may require the reading of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools. What are your views on this--do you approve or disapprove of the court ruling? | identical | Approve → Approve; Disapprove → Disapprove |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS → mixed mode (2022).
Groups differ from everyone by 8 points on average across all answers.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS → mixed mode (2022).
Subgroup charts are picked automatically. Of every breakdown in the data (party, ideology, age, sex, race, education, income, region, religion, and community type), these two put their groups furthest from everyone’s answers: the gap is averaged across all answer categories and waves, with each group weighted by its share of respondents. Party and ideology count as one choice, so the second chart shows a different kind of split. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.