re: #4 Charles

Independents and Democrats are at 34%, which is also pretty freaking bad.

Oh, it’s even worse than that; only 8% of GOP and 20/21% of Ind/Dems think humans evolved, but G-d played no role.

But, if you want a positive spin - the topline result is pretty stable over the past 20 years. According to the Gallup topline historical polling, this is within the range of results since 1980. In fact, at 40% overall, this is lower than it has been (range running from 40% to 47% believing G-d created man in present form).

That suggests that the creationist view hasn’t actually been gaining ground but still shows that all too many people in the nation are buying into a worldview that is unscientific and puts the nation at a competitive disadvantage on basic science and research and development.