Partisan Gaps Over Evolution and Atheism


	Partisan Gaps Over Evolution and Atheism

Djiezes

6-30-2008 8:45 AM

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evolution, religion, atheism, usa, politics, poll, gallup, survey, god, stats

Djiezes says:

Source:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108226/Republicans-Democrats-Differ-Creationism.aspx

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6-30-2008 10:33 AM

kmcolo

It's not so much a partisan gap is it appears to be a headlong rush of the ignorant into the Republican party. As you can see the numbers for Democrats and independents are basically the same.

8-10-2008 12:48 PM

Jorjor

McCain certainly believes that humans were created in their present form 10,000 years ago. He should know-he was there.

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