Religion Is Losing Influence In US, Vast Majority Of Americans Say
Religion is losing its influence in the U.S., a vast and increasing majority of Americans, 77 percent, believe. Gallup interprets this as “Americans’ most negative evaluations of the impact of religion since 1970, although similar to the views measured in recent years.”
“Americans were more likely to say religion was increasing rather than decreasing its influence when the question was first asked in 1957, in 1962, at a few points in the 1980s during the Reagan administration, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in late 2001 and early 2002, and in 2005. The high point for Americans’ belief that religion is increasing its influence, 71%, came in December 2001,” Gallup notes, pointing to the start of the George W. Bush years.
But Gallup notes that “75% of Americans saying they think it would be positive for American society if more Americans were religious.”
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