WASHINGTON, D.C.—The August 2006 edition of Consider the Facts reveals differences between one class of Millennial students (those who entered college in 2004) and one class of Generation X students (those who began college in 1994). 

• Millennial students of 2004 are more price-conscious and more willing to shop around for the “right” school than the Gen-Xer students of 1994.
• Students in 2004 were more than twice as likely as those in 1994 to say that educational cost was a factor that affected their decision to attend their institution.

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The survey found that the proportion of Americans who say the Republican Party is friendly to religion fell 8 percentage points in the last year, to 47 percent, from 55 percent.

• Sixty-nine percent agreed that liberals have “gone too far in trying to keep religion out of schools and government” — an increase of 3 percentage points, which is not statistically significant.
• At the same time, 49 percent agreed that conservative Christians have “gone too far in trying to impose their religious values on the country,” also a 3 percentage point increase.
• Asked about “the Christian conservative movement,” 44 percent had a favorable view and 36 percent unfavorable — about the same as a year ago.
   
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• 69% of Americans say that liberals have gone too far in keeping religion out of schools and government.
• The Democratic Party continues to face a serious "God problem," with just 26% saying the party is friendly to religion.
• The proportion of Americans who say the Republican Party is friendly to religion has fallen from 55% to 47% in the past year
• The national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that most Americans (59%) continue to say that religion’s influence on the country is declining
• The public is more divided on the question of whether religion’s influence on government is increasing (42%) or decreasing (45%).