{"id":527,"date":"2026-06-17T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:39:51","slug":"gallup-poll-women-youth-led-american-departure-from-religion-over-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"Gallup Poll: Women, Youth Led American Departure from Religion Over Past Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A new Gallup poll reveals that fewer Americans believe a more religious country would be a better one than did 13 years ago, with double digit declines among women and Americans under the age of 54.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=525\">Florida Sues TikTok, Accusing Platform of Targeting Children, Misleading Parents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The poll released Tuesday found that the share of adults who believe greater religiosity would benefit the United States fell from 75 percent in 2013 to 65 percent today.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Most U.S. adults (65%) say it would be positive for society if more Americans were religious, although that is down from an even larger majority of 75% when Gallup last asked the question in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>22% currently say greater religiosity would be negative for society, while the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/nZDN8AV4Z4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gallup (@Gallup) June 16, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe poll found that favorable views of religion among women fell 16 percentage points since 2013, compared with a 3-point decline among men. The share of young Americans who believe religion has a positive effect on society also dropped 16 points during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=524\">Cleveland Clinic Agrees to Cease Transgender Procedures for Minors in DOJ Settlement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the survey shows that most key demographic and political groups reflect a shrinking number of individuals who believe religion has a positive effect on society. Exceptions to this trend are Republicans, Catholics and those without a religious preference. On the other hand, the number of Protestant and Nondenominational Christians in America who believe the same has dropped from 88 percent to 81 percent.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gallup, larger shares of Americans viewed religion as influential in the past, including in the initial measure in 1957 (69 percent) and for several years after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks (including a record 71% in December 2001).<\/p>\n<p>The most recent Gallup poll was conducted through phone interview by surveying a random sample of 1,001 adults from all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. between May 1-17.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=522\">Trump Administration Transfers Special Education, Civil Rights Duties as Education Department Downsizing Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Gallup poll reveals that fewer Americans believe a more religious country would be a better one than did 13 years ago, with double digit declines among\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-and-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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