The Argo Journal: Creationism

USA Today/Gallup Poll on Evolution and Creationism

Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings?

1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process; 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process; 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so.

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 15%
Humans evolved, God guided process 32%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 46%

Democrats

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 19%
Humans evolved, God guided process 32%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 41%

Republicans

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 5%
Humans evolved, God guided process 31%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 58%

Independents

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 19%
Humans evolved, God guided process 34%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 39%

Attend Church Weekly

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 3%
Humans evolved, God guided process 25%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 67%

Attend Church Almost Every Week/Monthly

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 10%
Humans evolved, God guided process 31%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 55%

Attend Church Seldom/Never

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 26%
Humans evolved, God guided process 38%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 25%

Postgraduate

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 29%
Humans evolved, God guided process 42%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 25%

College graduate

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 14%
Humans evolved, God guided process 35%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 46%

Some college

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 13%
Humans evolved, God guided process 36%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 47%

High school or less

Humans evolved, God had no part in process 11%
Humans evolved, God guided process 25%
God created humans in present form within last 10,000 years 52%

Survey of 1,012 adults was conducted May 10-13, 2012. The margin of error is ±4 percentage points.

PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

Barack Obama 49% (45%) {45%} [47%] (49%) {47%} [47%] (47%) {46%} [48%] (47%) {46%} [45%] (43%) {45%} [46%] (44%) {44%} [45%] (44%) {47%} [48%] (48%) {48%} [47%] (49%) {48%} [53%] (50%)
Mitt Romney 45% (45%) {45%} [45%] (42%) {42%} [41%] (42%) {41%} [43%] (46%) {43%} [42%] (46%) {42%} [44%] (45%) {44%} [43%] (42%) {42%} [43%] (40%) {39%} [40%] (40%) {40%} [35%] (39%)

Barack Obama 52% (49%)
Rick Perry 41% (43%)

Barack Obama 53% [52%] (51%) {52%} [52%] (50%) {49%} [51%] (49%) {47%} [49%] (45%) {47%} [49%] (45%) [49%] (50%) {49%} [53%] (52%)

Newt Gingrich 41% [39%] (37%) {38%} [38%] (39%) {40%} [39%] (43%) {43%} [42%] (46%) {39%} [42%] (45%) [41%] (42%) {41%} [36%] (39%)

Barack Obama 53% (50%) {48%}

Michele Bachmann 39% (42%) {41%}

Among Independents

Mitt Romney 44% (39%) {46%} [35%] (39%) {36%} [36%] (36%) {39%} [46%] (43%) {38%} [40%] (48%) {43%} [44%] (43%) {45%} [43%] (44%) {37%} [42%] (40%) {35%} [41%] (43%) {42%} [30%] (35%)

Barack Obama 42% (48%) {37%} [52%] (45%) {40%} [46%] (44%) {46%} [43%] (43%) {41%} [41%] (35%) {33%} [41%] (40%) {38%} [38%] (37%) {47%} [44%] (41%) {46%} [41%] (42%) {35%} [55%] (52%)

Barack Obama 48% (56%)

Rick Perry 38% (32%)

Barack Obama 50% (57%) {45%}

Michele Bachmann 33% (33%) {39%}

Barack Obama 53% [59%] (47%) {49%} [53%] (53%) {50%} [46%] (47%) {46%} [49%] (39%) {34%} [48%] (44%) [45%] (46%) {41%} [54%] (54%)

Newt Gingrich 33% [25%] (34%) {33%} [35%] (32%) {35%} [40%] (44%) {37%} [36%] (50%) {42%} [34%] (40%) [38%] (39%) {42%} [31%] (38%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 44% of the Independent vote (29% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 48% of the Independent vote.

Among Republicans

Mitt Romney 87% (83%) {83%} [86%] (77%) {81%} [81%] (77%) {77%} [78%] (87%) {82%} [80%] (82%) {79%} [78%] (82%) {80%} [80%] (77%) {78%} [83%] (77%) {72%} [74%] (71%) {74%} [66%] (71%)

Barack Obama 9% (5%) {8%} [9%] (13%) {10%} [7%] (9%) {7%} [12%] (9%) {7%} [5%] (7%) {8%} [9%] (6%) {7%} [10%] (9%) {8%} [6%] (10%) {14%} [11%] (18%) {19%} [18%] (16%)

Newt Gingrich 85% [80%] (70%) {75%} [75%] (75%) {77%} [72%] (81%) {80%} [84%] (83%) {73%} [82%] (82%) [76%] (80%) {76%} [73%] (75%)

Barack Obama 9% [11%] (16%) {14%} [13%] (10%) {9%} [14%] (10%) {9%} [7%] (6%) {11%} [10%] (6%) [13%] (11%) {16%} [16%] (14%)

Rick Perry 82% (82%)

Barack Obama 11% (10%)

Michele Bachmann 78% (81%) {79%}

Barack Obama 11% (9%) {8%}

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 90% of the Republican vote (32% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 93% of the Republican vote.

Among Democrats

Barack Obama 85% (80%) {80%} [78%] (84%) {83%} [83%] (82%) {82%} [86%] (83%) {82%} [83%] (80%) {82%} [80%] (86%) {76%} [78%] (82%) {80%} [86%] (82%) {78%} [81%] (77%) {79%} [81%] (77%)
Mitt Romney 11% (13%) {13%} [14%] (12%) {12%} [9%] (13%) {10%} [8%] (12%) {12%} [9%] (14%) {12%} [13%] (10%) {16%} [13%] (7%) {14%} [11%] (12%) {14%} [11%] (13%) {13%} [11%] (14%)

Barack Obama 88% (83%) {82%}
Michele Bachmann 10% (11%) {11%}

Barack Obama 89% (81%)
Rick Perry 9% (13%)

Barack Obama 89% [84%] (86%) {86%} [87%] (85%) {86%} [88%] (84%) {81%} [86%] (83%) {83%} [82%] (86%) [82%] (84%)
Newt Gingrich 8% [11%] (10%) {11%} [6%] (10%) {8%} [8%] (10%) {15%} [8%] (12%) {10%} [12%] (11%) [12%] (12%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 10% of the Democratic vote (39% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 11% of the Democratic vote.

Among Moderates

Barack Obama 63% (59%) {54%} [60%] (59%) {60%} [58%] (57%) {63%} [62%] (60%) {59%} [55%] (55%) {58%} [59%] (62%) {55%} [54%] (58%) {65%} [59%] (60%) {57%} [57%] (56%) {57%} [64%] (63%)
Mitt Romney 26% (24%) {33%} [30%] (28%) {27%} [26%] (28%) {21%} [28%] (33%) {31%} [29%] (33%) {26%} [30%] (27%) {31%} [31%] (26%) {24%} [31%] (28%) {30%} [30%] (32%) {28%} [24%] (26%)

Barack Obama 70% (66%)
Rick Perry 23% (18%)

Barack Obama 72% [69%] (64%) {66%} [66%] (65%) {68%} [66%] (64%) {62%} [62%] (58%) {61%} [65%] (66%) [60%] (61%)

Newt Gingrich 21% [17%] (22%) {20%} [24%] (24%) {19%} [22%] (26%) {28%} [25%] (31%) {25%} [25%] (25%) [28%] (30%)

Barack Obama 71% (67%) {63%}

Michele Bachmann 19% (22%) {22%}

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 39% of the Moderate vote (44% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 45% of the Moderate vote.

Among Men

Mitt Romney 52% (51%) {52%} [49%] (48%) {46%} [42%] (47%) {47%} [46%] (49%) {48%} [47%] (45%) {44%} [46%] (46%) {49%} [45%] (45%) {49%} [42%] (46%) {46%} [44%] (46%) {44%} [38%] (44%)

Barack Obama 42% (40%) {38%} [41%] (44%) {42%} [48%] (41%) {42%} [44%] (43%) {40%} [40%] (43%) {43%} [44%] (46%) {39%} [45%] (44%) {42%} [48%] (46%) {44%} [44%] (46%) {46%} [49%] (49%)

Rick Perry 48% (47%)

Barack Obama 47% (45%)

Newt Gingrich 47% [42%] (43%) {44%} [41%] (44%) {44%} [44%] (50%) {49%} [46%] (46%) {42%} [44%] (46%) [46%] (49%) {46%} [40%] (44%)

Barack Obama 47% [48%] (45%) {44%} [52%] (45%) {45%} [45%] (44%) {41%} [44%] (47%) {44%} [48%] (46%) [45%] (44%) {46%} [50%] (48%)

Barack Obama 47% (46%) {41%}

Michele Bachmann 45% (47%) {48%}

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 48% of the Male vote (47% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 55% of the Male vote.

Among Women

Barack Obama 54% (50%) {52%} [53%] (53%) {52%} [46%] (53%) {51%} [54%] (51%) {50%} [50%] (42%) {48%} [47%] (43%) {49%} [45%] (43%) {50%} [47%] (50%) {52%} [50%] (51%) {50%} [56%] (52%)
Mitt Romney 38% (39%) {38%} [41%] (37%) {38%} [41%] (36%) {36%} [39%] (42%) {39%} [38%] (48%) {39%} [41%] (44%) {39%} [42%] (39%) {35%} [44%] (36%) {34%} [36%] (35%) {37%} [31%] (34%)

Barack Obama 58% [56%] (56%) {59%} [52%] (56%) {53%} [57%] (54%) {52%} [52%] (43%) {50%} [49%] (45%) [53%] (54%) {53%} [56%] (56%)
Newt Gingrich 35% [36%] (32%) {33%} [35%] (33%) {36%} [34%] (37%) {38%} [38%] (47%) {35%} [39%] (43%) [35%] (35%) {36%} [32%] (33%)

Barack Obama 57% (54%) {55%}
Michele Bachmann 34% (38%) {34%}

Barack Obama 57% (53%)
Rick Perry 34% (39%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 43% of the Female vote (53% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 48% of the Female vote.

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

Mitt Romney 37% (35%) {36%} [37%] (35%) {32%} [32%] (32%) {33%} [36%] (36%) {33%} [35%] (32%) {31%} [33%] (33%) {32%} [37%] (36%) {32%} [30%] (34%) {33%} [37%] (37%) {41%} [40%] (40%) / 44% (48%) {42%} [47%] (48%) {41%} [43%] (44%) {42%} [40%] (42%) {35%} [37%] (33%) {36%} [36%] (42%) {39%} [28%] (32%) {36%} [39%] (34%) {38%} [34%] (37%){36%} [36%] (35%) {-7%}
Rick Perry 30% (33%) / 50% (47%) {-20%}
Michele Bachmann 30% (34%) {29%} / 53% (52%) {45%} {-23%}
Newt Gingrich 28% [16%] (19%) {29%} [28%] (26%) {27%} [31%] (33%) {30%} [31%] (32%) {28%} [29%] (34%) [33%] (36%) {35%} [30%] (36%) / 57% [68%] (64%) {53%} [55%] (57%) {52%} [52%] (53%) {50%} [48%] (42%) {46%} [48%] (47%) [42%] (42%) {46%} [47%] (44%) {-29%}

Among Independents

Mitt Romney 44% (35%) {45%} [37%] (39%) {29%} [27%] (33%) {28%} [43%] (33%) {31%} [34%] (30%) {34%} [32%] (30%) {37%} [44%] (41%) {28%} [31%] (38%) {38%} [40%] (45%) {40%} [37%] (36%) / 39% (47%) {39%} [49%] (45%) {40%} [44%] (45%) {42%} [31%] (46%) {36%} [40%] (34%) {32%} [35%] (41%) {34%} [22%] (32%) {39%} [37%] (28%) {33%} [31%] (28%) {33%} [42%] (39%) {+5%}
Rick Perry 23% (29%) / 51% (55%) {-28%}
Michele Bachmann 23% (26%) {28%} / 58% (60%) {47%} {-35%}
Newt Gingrich 22% [10%] (12%) {24%} [29%] (20%) {20%} [28%] (31%) {21%} [24%] (32%) {27%} [27%] (29%) [34%] (31%) / 60% [76%] (68%) {58%} [56%] (65%) {60%} [51%] (54%) {56%} [51%] (40%) {43%} [51%] (51%) [45%] (44%) {-38%}

Among Republicans

Rick Perry 61% (62%) / 21% (16%) {+40%}
Mitt Romney 59% (51%) {49%} [53%] (50%) {48%} [50%] (47%) {54%} [50%] (59%) {56%} [57%] (54%) {49%} [55%] (52%) {57%} [58%] (56%) {51%} [48%] (54%) {50%} [52%] (54%) {63%} [67%] (60%) / 26% (35%) {31%} [32%] (32%) {30%} [24%] (26%) {23%} [30%] (21%) {20%} [18%] (18%) {18%} [17%] (25%) {20%} [14%] (17%) {15%} [19%] (20%) {21%} [18%] (25%) {21%} [17%] (21%) {+33%}
Newt Gingrich 53% [32%] (38%) {52%} [52%] (49%) {54%} [55%] (58%) {54%} [61%] (60%) {50%} [55%] (62%) [56%] (65%) / 34% [50%] (45%) {32%} [28%] (30%) {23%} [26%] (27%) {23%} [21%] (17%) {22%} [19%] (17%) [21%] (17%) {+19%}
Michele Bachmann 45% (57%) {45%} / 39% (28%) {27%} {+6%}

Among Democrats

Michele Bachmann 21% (16%) {16%} / 62% (69%) {58%} {-41%}
Mitt Romney 15% (20%) {20%} [23%] (18%) {20%} [19%] (17%) {16%} [20%] (19%) {15%} [16%] (14%) {16%} [16%] (15%) {10%} [15%] (12%) {18%} [14%] (15%) {15%} [23%] (20%) {24%} [20%] (27%) / 63% (61%) {52%} [60%] (64%) {51%} [60%] (60%) {58%} [55%] (59%) {49%} [53%] (45%) {53%} [51%] (60%) {56%} [44%] (47%) {53%} [56%] (48%) {55%} [49%] (52%) {49%} [49%] (45%) {-48%}
Newt Gingrich 10% [6%] (7%) {13%} [5%] (9%) {6%} [11%] (13%) {13%} [9%] (8%) {10%} [7%] (9%) [13%] (13%) / 74% [78%] (80%){67%} [79%] (77%) {76%} [75%] (74%) {71%} [71%] (66%) {66%} [72%] (74%) [57%] (61%) {-64%}
Rick Perry 9% (10%) / 74% (71%) {-65%}

Among Moderates

Mitt Romney 30% (32%) {36%} [35%] (34%) {27%} [31%] (30%) {23%} [31%] (33%) {30%} [29%] (26%) {26%} [29%] (25%) {22%} [37%] (30%) {23%} [26%] (29%) {32%} [34%] (33%) {35%} [35%] (34%) / 46% (51%) {39%} [47%] (45%) {45%} [44%] (45%) {41%} [42%] (45%) {39%} [42%] (34%) {42%} [36%] (49%) {48%} [29%] (38%) {44%} [37%] (37%) {41%} [36%] (39%) {40%} [42%] (44%) {-16%}
Michele Bachmann 19% (19%) {17%} / 58% (66%) {53%} {-39%}
Rick Perry 19% (17%) / 58% (60%) {-39%}
Newt Gingrich 14% [7%] (11%) {15%} [23%] (15%) {10%} [18%] (18%) {17%} [19%] (19%) {19%} [18%] (18%) [24%] (24%) {23%} [21%] (23%) / 66% [81%] (76%) {65%} [63%] (69%) {63%} [65%] (67%) {63%} [59%] (53%) {55%} [59%] (64%) [49%] (52%) {53%} [58%] (60%) {-52%}

Among Men

Mitt Romney 40% (38%) {40%} [41%] (40%) {32%} [29%] (34%) {39%} [40%] (39%) {37%} [40%] (31%) {33%} [34%] (34%) {37%} [40%] (42%) {37%} [32%] (39%) {34%} [42%] (42%) {44%} [45%] (45%) / 46% (48%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {42%} [46%] (47%) {43%} [42%] (43%) {40%} [37%] (36%) {39%} [41%] (49%) {38%} [29%] (35%) {37%} [41%] (35%) {43%} [37%] (38%) {38%} [34%] (39%) {-6%}
Rick Perry 36% (38%) / 51% (47%) {-15%}
Newt Gingrich 31% [18%] (20%) {31%} [32%] (32%) {34%} [36%] (40%) {36%} [37%] (32%) {32%} [30%] (37%) [38%] (44%) / 55% [70%] (65%) {52%} [56%] (55%) {51%} [50%] (47%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {46%} [50%] (51%) [41%] (37%) {-24%}
Michele Bachmann 31% (37%) {32%} / 55% (50%) {48%} {-24%}

Among Women

Mitt Romney 35% (32%) {32%} [34%] (30%) {32%} [34%] (30%) {27%} [32%] (34%) {31%} [30%] (34%) {30%} [33%] (31%) {27%} [35%] (31%) {27%} [28%] (29%) {31%} [33%] (34%) {39%} [36%] (36%) / 43% (48%) {41%} [47%] (49%) {40%} [40%] (41%) {40%} [38%] (42%) {32%} [38%] (29%) {34%} [31%] (35%) {40%} [27%] (30%) {35%} [35%] (32%) {33%} [32%] (36%) {34%} [38%] (32%) {-8%}
Michele Bachmann 28% (31%) {26%} / 51% (53%) {42%} {-23%}
Rick Perry 25% (29%) / 49% (48%) {-24%}
Newt Gingrich 24% [15%] (19%) {26%} [24%] (20%) {21%} [26%] (26%) {25%} [26%] (32%) {23%} [28%] (31%) [28%] (28%) / 58% [65%] (64%) {54%} [54%] (60%) {54%} [53%] (57%) {53%} [49%] (39%) {46%} [47%] (43%) [42%] (46%) {-34%}

If you could redo the 2008 election for President, would you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain?

Barack Obama 51%
John McCain 46%

Do you believe in global warming or not?

Believe in global warming 54%
Do not 37%

Do you believe in evolution or not?

Believe in evolution 51%
Do not 37%

Would you support eliminating Social Security or not?

Would support eliminating Social Security 10%
Would not 82%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme.”

Agree 20%
Disagree 70%

Survey of 665 registered voters was conducted September 8-11, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 41% (41%) {42%} [40%] (39%) {40%} [38%] (40%) {42%} [40%] (42%) {41%} [39%] (39%) {43%} [41%] (38%) {43%} [40%] {38%} (36%) [39%] Democrat; 34% (37%) {33%} [35%] (35%) {34%} [34%] (36%) {38%} [37%] (35%) {36%} [35%] (34%) {34%} [35%] (38%) {33%} [34%] {34%} (35%) [34%] Republican; 25% (21%) {25%} [25%] (25%) {27%} [28%] (24%) {20%} [23%] (23%) {23%} [25%] (27%) {24%} [24%] (24%) {24%} [26%] {28%} (29%) [27%] Independent/Other. Political views: 31% (31%) {36%} [31%] (31%) {33%} [34%] (33%) {30%} Moderate; 24% (25%) {21%} [23%] (24%) {22%} [27%] (25%) {25%} Somewhat conservative; 17% (18%) {15%} [19%] (17%) {18%} [18%] (17%) {18%} Somewhat liberal; 16% (17%) {17%} [18%] (18%) {18%} [14%] (17%) {19%} Very conservative; 12% (9%) {10%} [9%] (9%) {9%} [8%] (8%) {8%} Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted August 18-21, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted July 15-17, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 9-12, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 23-25, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 31 - April 3, 2011 are in angle brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted February 11-14, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conductedJanuary 14-16, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 19-21, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted September 10-13, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 6-9, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 9-12, 2010 are in parentheses.Results from the poll conducted June 4-7, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 7-9, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 12-14, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 13-15, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted December 4-7,2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 13-15, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll onducted October 16-19, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted September 18-21, 2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conductedAugust 14-17, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 15-16, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted June 12-16,2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 14-18, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 17-19, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 13-15, 2009 are in angle brackets.

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