Evolution and the Presidential Election
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Surfing the Current
By Surfing the Current
Published on 12/26/2007
A recent Gallup poll said that while the country is about evenly split over whether the theory of evolution is true, Republicans disbelieve it by more than 2-to-1.
source: Associated Press, June 12
A recent Gallup poll said that while the country is about evenly split over whether the theory of evolution is true, Republicans disbelieve it by more than 2-to-1. Republicans saying they don't believe in evolution outnumbered those who do by 68 percent to 30 percent in the survey. Democrats believe in evolution by 57 percent to 40 percent, as do independents by a 61 percent to 37 percent margin.
The poll also said that those who go to church often are far likelier to reject evolution than those who don’t. Republicans are likelier than Democrats or independents to attend church services, according to the editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. In fact, at the GOP’s first presidential debate in May, the 10 candidates were asked which of them didn’t believe in evolution. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo raised their hands.
The poll also said that those who go to church often are far likelier to reject evolution than those who don’t. Republicans are likelier than Democrats or independents to attend church services, according to the editor in chief of the Gallup Poll. In fact, at the GOP’s first presidential debate in May, the 10 candidates were asked which of them didn’t believe in evolution. Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo raised their hands.