| Q6. Do you agree more with the evolution or more with intelligent design? | |||||||||||
| All N = 1482 | |||||||||||
| Total N = 1482 | Jewish N = 346 | Protestant N = 417 | Catholic N = 304 | Orthodox Christian N = 46 | Hindu N = 63 | Buddhist N = 14 | Muslim N = 40 | Atheist N = 65 | Spiritual but no organized religion N = 98 | Other N = 89 | |
| More with evolution | 63.16% | 85.84% | 42.93% | 60.53% | 41.30% | 68.25% | 71.43% | 20.00% | 95.38% | 85.71% | 56.18% |
| More with intelligent design | 33.67% | 12.14% | 55.16% | 35.53% | 52.17% | 23.81% | 7.14% | 72.50% | 3.08% | 12.24% | 40.45% |
| No Opinion | 3.17% | 2.02% | 1.92% | 3.95% | 6.52% | 7.94% | 21.43% | 7.50% | 1.54% | 2.04% | 3.37% |
| Q7. What are your views on the origin and development of human beings? | |||||||||||
| All N = 1482 | |||||||||||
| Total N = 1482 | Jewish N = 346 | Protestant N = 417 | Catholic N = 304 | Orthodox Christian N = 46 | Hindu N = 63 | Buddhist N = 14 | Muslim N = 40 | Atheist N = 65 | Spiritual but no organized religion N = 98 | Other N = 89 | |
| God created humans exactly as they appear now. | 17.54% | 3.18% | 34.77% | 11.18% | 36.96% | 11.11% | 0.00% | 42.50% | 0.00% | 3.06% | 29.21% |
| God initiated and guided an evolutionary process that has led to current human beings. | 42.38% | 29.48% | 45.80% | 66.78% | 34.78% | 42.86% | 42.86% | 42.50% | 1.54% | 43.88% | 24.72% |
| Humans evolved naturally with no supernatural involvement - no divinity played any role. | 38.46% | 64.74% | 19.42% | 21.38% | 28.26% | 38.10% | 35.71% | 15.00% | 93.85% | 52.04% | 44.94% |
| I don't like to think about such matters | 1.62% | 2.60% | 0.00% | .66% | 0.00% | 7.94% | 21.43% | 0.00% | 4.62% | 1.02% | 1.12% |
| Q8. What are your views on Evolution? | |||||||||||
| All N = 1482 | |||||||||||
| Total N = 1482 | Jewish N = 346 | Protestant N = 417 | Catholic N = 304 | Orthodox Christian N = 46 | Hindu N = 63 | Buddhist N = 14 | Muslim N = 40 | Atheist N = 65 | Spiritual but no organized religion N = 98 | Other N = 89 | |
| reject it | 15.18% | 3.47% | 34.05% | 5.59% | 30.43% | 6.35% | 0.00% | 40.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 22.47% |
| accept it | 77.73% | 94.51% | 58.51% | 85.86% | 47.83% | 84.13% | 78.57% | 45.00% | 98.46% | 93.88% | 67.42% |
| undecided | 7.09% | 2.02% | 7.43% | 8.55% | 21.74% | 9.52% | 21.43% | 15.00% | 1.54% | 6.12% | 10.11% |
| Q9. Several states are considering mandating the teaching of intelligent design alongside the teaching of evolution. Do you think that schools should: | |||||||||||
| All N = 1482 | |||||||||||
| Total N = 1482 | Jewish N = 346 | Protestant N = 417 | Catholic N = 304 | Orthodox Christian N = 46 | Hindu N = 63 | Buddhist N = 14 | Muslim N = 40 | Atheist N = 65 | Spiritual but no organized religion N = 98 | Other N = 89 | |
| Be required to teach intelligent design | 15.32% | 2.89% | 28.78% | 14.14% | 32.61% | 3.17% | 14.29% | 17.50% | 0.00% | 9.18% | 21.35% |
| Be allowed (but not required) to teach intelligent design | 49.80% | 37.86% | 51.80% | 61.51% | 43.48% | 69.84% | 57.14% | 72.50% | 26.15% | 51.02% | 40.45% |
| Should be prohibited from teaching intelligent design | 34.89% | 59.25% | 19.42% | 24.34% | 23.91% | 26.98% | 28.57% | 10.00% | 73.85% | 39.80% | 38.20% |
| Q10. Do you believe that intelligent design has legitimacy as science or do you believe it is only a covert way of getting creationism into the schools? | |||||||||||
| All N = 1482 | |||||||||||
| Total N = 1482 | Jewish N = 346 | Protestant N = 417 | Catholic N = 304 | Orthodox Christian N = 46 | Hindu N = 63 | Buddhist N = 14 | Muslim N = 40 | Atheist N = 65 | Spiritual but no organized religion N = 98 | Other N = 89 | |
| legitimate scientific speculation | 42.17% | 17.63% | 63.07% | 49.34% | 54.35% | 47.62% | 35.71% | 60.00% | 1.54% | 25.51% | 46.07% |
| religiously inspired pseudo-science | 57.83% | 82.37% | 36.93% | 50.66% | 45.65% | 52.38% | 64.29% | 40.00% | 98.46% | 74.49% | 53.93% |