Mapping Christian Nationalism Across All 50 States: Insights From PRRI's 2025 American Values Atlas

[ShazzieB]

In 2022, PRRI pioneered one of the most comprehensive measures of Christian nationalist ideology. This year, we build on that foundation, sharing new findings from the 2025 PRRI American Values Atlas, which draws on more than 22,000 interviews to provide the most up-to-date, state-level picture available.
Additionally, the new report examines the impact of Christian nationalism on attitudes toward political violence and authoritarianism, as well as debates over immigration and childhood vaccine mandates. PRRI's webinar unpacks these findings and what they reveal about the political landscape today.

Panelists:
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ph.D., Professor of History and Italian Studies, New York University
Fr. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics, Fordham University and PRRI Senior Democracy Fellow
Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., President and Founder, PRRI
Melissa Deckman, Ph.D., CEO of PRRI

Read the full survey report at: https://prri.org/research/mapping-christian-nationalism-across-the-50-states-insights-from-prris-2025-american-values-atlas/

Video is pretty long, but VERY informative.

[LearnedHand]

1. Glancing at the actual report, I noticed they didn't define Christian nationalism

They said they asked a series of 5 questions to determine the level of CN, but I also can’t find those questions. Right off the bat, they need to clearly define what this research means by “CN” and how they arrived at those factors. Otherwise, survey participants are reacting to a CN label that can actually have a wide array of meanings.

The video might define it but I didn’t watch the video.

EDIT: Wait I found the five questions in the associated slide deck:

God has called Christians to exercise dominion over all areas of American society.

The U.S. government should declare America a Christian nation.

Being Christian is an important part of being truly American.

If the U.S. moves away from our Christian foundations, we will not have a country anymore.

U.S. laws should be based on Christian values.

[MustBeTheBooz]

2. So basically the same one 3rd of US citizens...

…trying to destroy everything good about the US for the other two-thirds, with the backing of the oligarchs who just want all of the cheddar for themselves.

Again… why isn’t this discussed in the media more broadly? Oh, wait. I know.