{"id":13245,"date":"2023-02-01T20:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T03:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2023-02-01T20:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T03:42:45","slug":"a-new-survey-on-pagans-political-attitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13245","title":{"rendered":"A New Survey on Pagans&#8217; Political Attitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This survey, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/grinnell.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_00VzyU1huPe0Wjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pagan and Heathen Political and Sociall Metrics<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0 comes recommended by several scholars whom I know. It is for respondents in the United States and Canada only.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This survey is a means of gathering information about beliefs, behaviors, and demographics from Heathens and Pagans in the United States and Canada. It will ask you questions about aspects of your religious and personal life  , and your opinion on hot-button issues. Its results will tell us what Heathens and Pagans have in common across borders, and how different Pagans are within them. For the purposes of this survey, &#8220;Pagan&#8221; is defined as anyone who practices a form of Paganism and \/ or identifies as a practitioner of any form of Paganism, and &#8220;Heathen&#8221; is defined as anyone who practices a form of Heathenry or Asatru or identifies as a practitioner of any form of Heathenry or Asatru.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Warning: A lot of the questions are about race, guns,\u00a0 and politics, so if you are uncomfortable with slicing and dicing that stuff, don&#8217;t go there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This survey, &#8220;Pagan and Heathen Political and Sociall Metrics,&#8221;\u00a0 comes recommended by several scholars whom I know. It is for respondents in the United States and Canada only. 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