American Muslim Poll 2020

Amid Pandemic and Protest

Our American Muslim Poll 2020, released shortly before a critical election, was meant to be historic. But when we began planning for its release, we could not have imagined just how historic. Our fielding period was March 17 to April 22, the first four weeks of a country-wide shutdown in the wake of spiking cases of COVID-19.

For a third year, we tracked the National American Islamophobia Index, measuring how much the public endorses anti-Muslim tropes. New in 2020: our researchers tracked five years of American Muslim civic engagement trends, examined the level of support for faith activists to form coalitions with social and political groups, and presented new research on institutionalized versus interpersonal discrimination.

American Muslim Poll: Fifth Anniversary Collection

A Half-Decade of Polling

American Muslim Poll 2020: Amid Pandemic and Protest is the fifth such survey of its kind from ISPU, which provides a rare opportunity to compare trend data over several years. For five years, between 2016 and 2020, this publication has captured an annual snapshot of American Muslim experiences in all their diversity, as well as tracked trends over time. When ISPU began conducting this poll in 2016, we knew it was critical that the survey not just poll Americans who are Muslim, but Americans of other faiths and no faith as well. This allows readers to understand American Muslims’ perspective within the context of their nation’s faith landscape, not as an isolated specimen.

These publications provides researchers, policymakers, and the public insights and analysis into the attitudes and policy preferences of American Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, white Evangelicals, the non-affiliated, and the general public. Over the last half-decade, these studies have served both to educate the wider society on their Muslim neighbors and to inform Muslims themselves about their strengths and struggles.

American Muslim Poll: Fifth Anniversary Collection on Amazon

Report & Key Findings

Poll

October 1, 2020

American Muslim Poll 2020: Full Report

This year’s American Muslim Poll, the fifth annual survey of its kind, released shortly before

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Poll

October 1, 2020

American Muslim Poll 2020: Key Findings

This is a summary of the major findings of ISPU’s fifth annual poll showcasing American

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Supplementary Documents

Additional Analyses

January 12, 2021

Five Surprising Facts about Divorce in American Muslim Communities

Divorce is a part of many Muslim families’ reality

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February 1, 2021

American Muslim Policy Priorities

There is much speculation about what policy issues

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April 30, 2021

Who are White Muslims?

Who exactly are white Muslims and what distinguish

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August 11, 2021

The (Dis)parity of White Muslim Political Attitudes

In recent years, race/ethnicity has taken a more c

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October 6, 2021

Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Muslim Community

An analysis of Muslim communities’ stigma an

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October 28, 2021

One in Three Muslims Has An Immediate Family Member with a Disability

Roughly one in three of every surveyed community h

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Did You Know?

ISPU’ survey of American Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, and the non-affiliated is one of a kind, offering the latest trends and demographic data on American Muslims. And every year, we rely on individuals like you to keep this research free and accessible to all. Right now, we need your help to keep it that way, so that millions can remain informed on the topics that matter the most. If you value the reliable data our poll provides, consider making a donation in support of ISPU’s American Muslim Poll. It only takes a minute. Thank you.

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Infographics

Dive into the Data

Click here to download all 29 graphs and figures from our 2020 survey.

PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL + CANDIDATE PREFERENCE

MUSLIM VOTING TRENDS

POLITICAL ACTIVITY

POLICY PRIORITIES

DIVORCE

DISCRIMINATION + BULLYING

POLITICAL COALITION BUILDING

ISLAMOPHOBIA INDEX

Videos

From civic engagement, to Islamophobia, to forming political coalitions, there’s a lot of data to deep-dive in ISPU’s 2020 American Muslim Poll. This series of webinars covers the major topics from the poll, presented alongside discussion with panels of experts.

Over the last five years, ISPU has conducted groundbreaking surveys of Americans who are Muslim. In this short video, we share five trends we’ve discovered from our five years of American Muslim Polls.