Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Dec. 10-12, 2010,
with a random sample of 1,019 adults, aged 18 and older, living in the continental U.S., selected
using random-digit-dial sampling.For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence
that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
A new Gallup poll reveals again that the vast majority of Americans believe in God, and also believe that a "deity" had either full or partial responsibility for creating humans. A plurality of Americans (40%) believe "God created humans pretty much in their present form approximately 10,000 years ago" (strict Creationism) while a smaller percentage (38%) believe that "God guided a process by which humans developed over millions of years from less advanced life forms" (intelligent design-lite) while a mere 16% believe that "humans developed over millions of years, without God's involvement" (science). Happily, this last number is the largest it has ever been, but it is still a disappointing result, since it reflects undisputed scientific fact.
Unsurprisingly, there is a partisan differential between Democrats, Republicans and Independents over who believes what:
Clearly a majority of Republicans (52%) believe that humans are less than 10,000 years with a minuscule 8% believing in God-less evolution, while Democrats and Independents are virtually indistinguishable between 40% believing in God-guided evolution and approximately 20% aligning with the vast body of scientific knowledge on the topic.
And, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we have the 112th Congress with a Republican House majority!
