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Go Figure

Recent stats on religious and non-religious politics, Russia’s abortion rate, and views on evolution.

45%

1.5 million

48%

Americans who say religious conservatives have too much control over the Republican Party. Russian women who gave birth last year. Americans who say life has evolved over time.

44%

1.6 million

42%

Americans who say nonreligious liberals have too much control over the Democratic Party. Russian women who had an abortion last year. Americans who say life has always existed in its present form.

18%

Americans who say evolution was guided by a supernatural being.

Sources: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; Bloomberg, via MosNews

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Sources: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; Bloomberg, via MosNews.

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