Creationism vs. Evolution

I found this article based on a survey conducted November 18-21, 2004 among a nationwide random sample of 885 adults interviewed by telephone. 795 of the people interviewed were registered voters. The main idea of this survey was to surmise whether the majority of Americans believe in creationism or evolution. From this, the survey split up the results according to presidential candidate preferences. Furthermore, the survey asked the sample, based on their beliefs, if public schools should be teaching creationism, evolution, or both. In general, people who believe in evolution tend to be more educated and less religious, while those who favor creationism are more conservative and obviously more religious. However, when you break it down between those who voted for Bush and those who voted for Kerry, it gets a little more complicated. The education factor seems tough to pinpoint when the sample of people is split into those two categories. As for being more conservative, especially concerning religion, Bush supporters easily fit this attribute. Based only on a few factors, one could make the assumption that those who voted for Bush in the recent election would favor creationism over evolution. One result of the survey indicates that 47% of Kerry’s voters believe God created human beings in our present form, compared with 67% of Bush voters. Another result of this survey showed that only .56% of Kerry voters favored schools teaching creationism and evolution, compared to 71% of Bush voters. All of the results in this survey are a percentage of either Bush or Kerry voters, but it doesn’t say how many of the people interviewed were either Bush or Kerry voters. Therefore, they could have interviewed more Bush voters than Kerry voters, which could effect the results. You can check out all of the results of this survey at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml