Percent of Repubs Who Believe in Evolution DROPPED From 54% to 43% Over Last 4 Years

[The Real]

They're moving backwards.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...bout-evolution/?wprss=rss_election-2012&clsrd

Republicans growing more skeptical about evolution

• By Aaron Blake
• December 30 at 11:32 am

When it comes to increasing partisanship in the United States, it seems no issue is immune. And that includes evolution.

A new Pew Research Center poll shows a widening political gap over theories about how humans came to be, with Republicans growing increasingly skeptical about the idea that humans evolved over time.
Over the last four years, the percentage of Democrats who said they believe in evolution has risen by three points, from 64 percent to 67 percent. But the percentage of Republicans who believe in the theory has dropped 11 points, from 54 percent to 43 percent.
So while there was a 10-point gap in 2009, there is now a 24-point gap.
Pew says similar shifts have not occurred for any other demographics, either racial or religious.
Political independents also became slightly more skeptical about evolution. While 67 percent believed in it in 2009, 65 percent say they do today. Overall, 60 percent of Americans believe in evolution, while 33 percent do not.

Here's the full breakdown by demographic:

 

[88m3]

I'm not going to even begin to try an over think or rationalize this.

 

[The Real]

I'm not going to even begin to try an over think or rationalize this.

The ideal explanation would be that people left the party in droves after realizing their madness, leaving only the geriatric religious fanatics, which makes the percent of disbelievers appear higher, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[Fervid]

I saw this article earlier. It's like a competition where the most dumb wins.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

The ideal explanation would be that people left the party in droves after realizing their madness, leaving only the geriatric religious fanatics, which makes the percent of disbelievers appear higher, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

This is exactly what I was gonna say, but I guess its not true.

The GOP

 

[88m3]

The ideal explanation would be that people left the party in droves after realizing their madness, leaving only the geriatric religious fanatics, which makes the percent of disbelievers appear higher, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Is evolution really one of those things you can revert from believing in? That's not far off from believing the world is flat.

 

[tmonster]

The ideal explanation would be that people left the party in droves after realizing their madness, leaving only the geriatric religious fanatics, which makes the percent of disbelievers appear higher, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[Liu Kang]

Wasn't that the chart you wanted to display @The Real ?

 

[the cac mamba]

i get that the shyt goes against their god fallacy

but can they at least fukkin admit that maybe, 'god designed us but evolution still happened under his watch' or somethin

its the ultimate insecurity

 

[Brown_Pride]

i get that the shyt goes against their god fallacy

but can they at least fukkin admit that maybe, 'god designed us but evolution still happened under his watch' or somethin

its the ultimate insecurity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_evolution

I mean even the Catholic church believes in evolution....

Something tells me the hard right in the US will lead the way to the fall of the US...if not more.

 

[Wild self]

Their last hurrah before death

 

[SirShaktus]

i get that the shyt goes against their god fallacy

but can they at least fukkin admit that maybe, 'god designed us but evolution still happened under his watch' or somethin

its the ultimate insecurity

Breh....

Republicans?
Admitting fault?

 

[Master Teacher]

Evolution is real, but I think what the mean is they don't believe man came from apes

 

[Mr. Pink]

Evolution is real, but I think what the mean is they don't believe man came from apes

That's good, because man coming from apes is not what the 'theory' of human evolution asserts. Our current understanding is that humans, apes and bonobos share a common ancestor.

In layman's terms, apes are our retarded cousins, not our fathers.

 

[gho3st]

republicans are a weird breed. The shyt they believe in is just