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Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution

NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2004

Support for evolution is more heavily concentrated among those with
more education and among those who attend religious services rarely or
not at all.

(CBS) Americans do not believe that humans evolved, and the vast
majority says that even if they evolved, God guided the process. Just
13 percent say that God was not involved. But most would not
substitute the teaching of creationism for the teaching of evolution
in public schools.

Support for evolution is more heavily concentrated among those with
more education and among those who attend religious services rarely or
not at all.

There are also differences between voters who supported Kerry and
those who supported Bush: 47 percent of John Kerry's voters think God
created humans as they are now, compared with 67 percent of Bush voters.

VIEWS ON EVOLUTION/CREATIONISM

God created humans in present form
All Americans
55%
Kerry voters
47%
Bush voters
67%

Humans evolved, God guided the process
All Americans
27%
Kerry voters
28%
Bush voters
22%

Humans evolved, God did not guide process
All Americans
13%
Kerry voters
21%
Bush voters
6%

Overall, about two-thirds of Americans want creationism taught along
with evolution. Only 37 percent want evolutionism replaced outright.

More than half of Kerry voters want creationism taught alongside
evolution. Bush voters are much more willing to want creationism to
replace evolution altogether in a curriculum (just under half favor
that), and 71 percent want it at least included. 

FAVOR SCHOOLS TEACHING:

Creationism and evolution
All Americans
65%
Kerry voters
56%
Bush voters
71%

Creationism instead of evolution
All Americans
37%
Kerry voters
24%
Bush voters
45%

60 percent of Americans who call themselves Evangelical Christians,
however, favor replacing evolution with creationism in schools
altogether, as do 50 percent of those who attend religious services
every week. 

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This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 885 adults
interviewed by telephone November 18-21, 2004. There were 795
registered voters. The error due to sampling could be plus or minus
three percentage points for results based on all adults and all
registered voters 







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