By : Peter Weber
Source : The Week
A Wall Street Journal/NORC poll released Monday found that patriotism, religious faith, having children, and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations have fallen steadily since 1998 and even 2019, the Journal reports. About 38 percent of respondents in the new poll said patriotism is very important to them, versus 70 percent in the Journal’s 1998 poll, while 39 percent said religion is very important, from 62 percent in 1998.
The only tested priority that has grown in importance in the past quarter-century is money, which was cited as very important by 43 percent in the new survey, up from 31 percent in 1998, the Journal reports.