Can we agree on this? Americans still think alike much of the time even if our politicians don’t.
What can 9 out of 10 Americans agree on? Survey says: not much.
That’s partly because the big polls such as Pew, Gallup and the General Social Survey are designed to explore differences, not to document what unites the United States. Still, a few questions discover 90 percent agreement, or close to it.
Americans nearly all:
—believe in God.
—are very patriotic.
—consider preventing terrorism a very important foreign policy goal.
—admire those who get rich by working hard.
—think society should ensure everyone has equal opportunity to succeed.
—think it’s important to get more than a high school education.
—favor teaching sex education in public schools.
—find birth control morally acceptable.
—believe cloning humans would be morally wrong.
—believe it’s wrong for married people to have affairs.
—are interested in keeping up with national affairs.
—believe it’s their duty to always vote.
Completely subjective, I doubt several of these on this list. Besides most surveys are VERY small percentages of the population that are felt to be diverse enough to apply to the population as a whole. Most percentages are also generally presented in ways that support whatever agenda that company or group happen to be working on as well. I would take this with a grain of salt people.
ReplyDeletethere is nothing wrong with any of those beliefs, why do you support avoiding good beliefs, what's wrong with you?
ReplyDeleteif this is true why is there a Democratic party? seems we would all be republicans
ReplyDelete90 percent of statistics are made up. I agree with the first response.
ReplyDeleteAtheists are greater than 10%. Wrong right off the bat!
ReplyDeleteUmm... so you disagree that the list is an accurate reflection of most Americans. Is that because you don't buy into something on the list, or because you think more than 10% have a problem with something on the list?
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