3% Gay seems very low though. I really think that number is wrong.

What period of time?

Per year. At least in America if someone asks you how much you make you'll either give hourly or yearly.

Mississippi more like.

Feels like they polled an elementary school in Jersey

You mean the state with the highest ranked Pre-K-12 by US News and World Report? That Jersey?

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education/prek-12

Errr, I mean "Lol Jersey sucks amirite?"

There's kind of a lot of Christians here actually... Or at least apologists.

I know Americans love Jesus a whole lot but really only 4%. That just seems crazy low

Depending on who is doing the polling, I'm not answering truthfully. I don't want proselytizing and I don't want to risk getting sent to any Aushwitz that they are building. I doubt I am alone.

the systematic stupidification of the 2000 Americans polled in this study*

It's called propaganda! Relentless, unceasing bombardment of right wing brain rotting propaganda.

There are some errors in the "correct" numbers For example, note that the respondents estimated that 89% of Americans have a high school diploma or higher. Yet the chart says the real figure is 65%. But doesn't that seem odd to you? Do you think on average 35% of people drop out of high school?

No, the source of this error is that the question is poorly worded. 90% of Americans 25 or older have a college degree. The graphic indicates the poll asked specifically about adults. And it seems the respondents had the correct answer, about 90%.

I don't know where they get the figure that only 65% of adults have a high school degree. My best estimate is that they mixed up "the percentage of adults with a high school degree" and "the percent of people with a high school degree." The latter would count all current K12 students, as they obviously don't have their diploma yet.

This is one item that really stood as an obvious and glaring error. And if I can see this one, I wonder if other numbers in either the 'correct' responses or the respondents' results are just due to poor or incorrect phrasing/interpretation of questions.

I have two master's degrees, have spent years teaching undergraduate engineering courses, am working on a dual-major PhD in engineering...and I...apparently...cannot read a plot.

I find myself wondering how these figures have changed over time. Did we actually get worse, or have we always been this fucking ignorant?

This is extremely interesting and illuminating. The kind of thing I’ve been interested in my whole adult life.

I think "atheist" carries the connotations of being irreligeous, not just not believing in any gods. So some people may not believe in any gods, but maybe they do have some kind of spirituality, or believe in ghosts or something. Buddhism as a religion doesn't mandate God-belief, though some schools do interact with devas. I'm unsure if any other religions don't require gods to work, but even if they exist, I imagine they and Buddhists, despite not believing in any gods, will be very hesitant to describe themselves as "atheist."

Sounds about right, there's a difference between atheism and agnosticism, which is what the 2nd question is asking.

4% answered no to the first one and something like 20% answered no to the second one.

Where did the other 76% go?

Well, I have been a registered Republican as long as I have been voting.

And have been voting straight Democrat for over a decade now.

I wonder if there are more like me?

I wonder how much that has to do with state rules on voting in primaries. Like, when I lived in MA I was registered independent because that would let me vote in any primary (but only one). My current state, I have to be affiliated with a specific party to vote.

Also interesting, the estimated percentage of Democrats is bigger than the estimated percentage of Republicans while the true percentage is the other way around.

So many Nazis.

This is a shitty poll as it splits everyone 50/50 and neither party has the plurality of voters.