Tweet and response: polling religious interest globally?

[ by Charles Cameron — Pew — Iran? Saudis? ]

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Here’s the tweet:

How strongly do different nationalities feel about #religion? https://t.co/hPQcLYMvz3 @StatistaCharts pic.twitter.com/RaPto3EI23

— World Economic Forum (@wef) April 30, 2016

It looks impressive, doesn’t it? The good folks at Pew have obvisouly done their homework.

And here’s the response:

Where are Saudi Arabia, Iran & theocratic states in this @pewresearch? https://t.co/ilexmXqdeP

— Indira Lakshmanan (@Indira_L) April 30, 2016

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Even when people try to remember that religion is part of geopolitics, they seem to suffer from selective amnesia.

Aha!

The white spaces are either not countries, or not surveyed — a pity either way.

Furthermore, once we’ve got that covered, we’ll need two polls that dig deep & narrow for every one that digs wide & shallow. Oy.