Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Morality Hits New Low, Americans Say

Americans remain largely dissatisfied with the moral and ethical climate in the United States. This year's 30% marks a new low. [In the Gallup poll,] a majority of Americans expressed a generally conservative perspective.

-- From "Gallup: Nearly 7 Out of 10 Americans Are Dissatisfied With the Size and Power of Government--And With Nation's Moral Climate" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 2/7/11

The greatest public dissatisfaction . . . is with the moral and ethical climate of the country. Today, 69 percent of Americans say they are dissatisfied with that climate, while 30 percent say they are satisfied.

There has been a ten-point shift on this question over the past three years. In January 2008, the last time Gallup asked the question, 59 percent of Americans said they were dissatisfied with the moral and ethical climate of the country, while 39 percent said they were satisfied.

Over the decade-long period that Gallup has asked people whether they were satisfied with the moral and ethical climate of the country, the highest level of satisfaction was registered in January 2002, when 47 percent said they were satisfied with the moral and ethical climate of the country and 52 percent said they were dissatisfied.

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From "U.S. Satisfaction With Gov't, Morality, Economy Down Since '08" by Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup 1/24/11

Americans are least satisfied with the size and influence of major corporations (29%), the moral and ethical climate (30%), and the size and power of the federal government (31%).

The latest data, from a Jan. 7-9 poll, represent new low points in satisfaction for the six items showing declines this year compared with the prior measurement

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