Large Partisan Gap Exists in Confidence in Science, Poll Finds – By Alexa Lardieri (US News) / July 16 2021
A new poll found that 79% of Democrats are confident in science, compared to just 45% of Republicans.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have a great deal or a lot of confidence in science, but a large gap in confidence exists between Republicans and Democrats.
A new Gallup poll found that 64% of U.S. adults are confident in modern science, a decline from 70% when Gallup last measured it in 1975.
Sentiments toward the field vary greatly based on political party.
In Gallup’s latest poll, 79% of Democrats say they have a great deal or a lot of confidence in science. That is compared to just 45% of Republicans.
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