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"The religious objections to Darwin come from fundamentalist Christians and Muslims who read the opening chapters of Genesis literally, so that God created everything in six days. But very few religious believers take that seriously. "

Evo's are always trying to marginalize Creationists as "fundamentals" or as "a curse on conservatives". But the polling shows a dramatically different story.

Table 8 from the following link, shows that only 27% of Republicans believe that humans developed from other species. Overall only 36% of people nationwide believed this.

Harris Poll on evolution- See table 8 for a breakdown by political party

Polling Report

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. August 25-26,1999. N=902 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. .
"Which do you think is more likely to actually be the explanation for the origin of human life on Earth: the theory of evolution as outlined by Darwin and other scientists, the biblical account of creation as told in the Bible, or are both true?"
%
Theory of evolution 15
Biblical account 50
Both 26
Not sure 9

77% of Republicans believe in the literal truth of the Bible whereas 59% of Democrats do.

Another poll

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TABLE 8

SUMMARY OF KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMAN EVOLUTION – BY PARTY ID AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Base: All Adults

	All Adults (n=1,000)	Party ID			Political Philosophy
		Republican (n=391)	Democrat (n=439)	Independent (n=170)	Conservative (n=538)	Moderate (n=103)	Liberal (n=359)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLIER SPECIES
Yes	38	27	48	36	25	40	56
No	54	65	44	53	65	52	37
PLANT AND ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT
Yes	49	37	61	47	38	50	65
No	45	58	33	42	53	46	31
MAN AND APES HAVE COMMON ANCESTRY
Yes	46	30	61	44	37	36	63
No	47	62	32	47	56	52	31
DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION PROVEN BY FOSSIL EVIDENCE
Yes	46	37	55	43	36	40	62
No	48	58	40	45	58	43	35
HUMAN EVOLUTION
Belief in evolution	22	16	27	25	16	22	32
Belief in creationism	64	73	58	57	75	63	48
Belief in intelligent design	10	9	11	7	7	4

TABLE 9

SUMMARY OF KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMAN EVOLUTION – BY AGE AND REGION

Base: All Adults

	All Adults (n=1,000)	Age			Region
		18-34 (n=258)	35-54 (n=374)	55+ (n=340)	Northeast (n=213)	Midwest (n=220)	South (n=349)	West (n=218)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLIER SPECIES
Yes	38	46	38	29	52	37	28	41
No	54	46	53	61	38	57	64	50
PLANT AND ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT
Yes	49	51	50	46	63	47	41	51
No	45	45	44	46	28	48	54	42
MAN AND APES HAVE COMMON ANCESTRY
Yes	46	57	45	39	60	43	40	44
No	47	37	48	52	32	50	52	48
DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION PROVEN BY FOSSIL EVIDENCE
Yes	46	57	48	35	58	43	36	52
No	48	41	44	58	37	47	56	47
HUMAN EVOLUTION
Belief in evolution	22	25	25	16	30	17	17	28
Belief in creationism	64	60	59	73	52	72	71	56
Belief in intelligent design	10	11	9	9	13	9	8	10

Methodology