A record-high 40% of Americans now say that cloning animals is morally acceptable, up from 32% last year. As high as the current percentage is, a majority (57%) still say cloning animals is morally wrong. CONT. RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »
Most in U.S. Say Consuming Alcohol, Marijuana Morally OK
Large majorities of Americans believe that using substances like alcohol and marijuana are morally permissible. Specifically, 78% say drinking alcohol is morally acceptable and 65% say smoking marijuana is. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
About Half of Americans Say U.S. Moral Values Are ‘Poor’
Forty-nine percent of Americans say the state of moral values in the U.S. is “poor” — the highest percentage in Gallup’s trend on this measure since its inception in 2002. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Presidential Moral Leadership Less Important to Republicans
Republicans are much less likely now than they were during the Bill Clinton years to say it is very important for the president to provide moral leadership for the U.S. Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to believe moral leadership is important now, with Donald Trump in office, […] Read more »
Trump Administration Officials Get Low Marks on Ethics
Americans do not regard top Trump administration officials as very ethical, with 37% describing their ethical standards as excellent or good and 59% as not good or poor. The Trump administration’s ethical rating is lower than readings for other presidential administrations, most of which had positive ratings of 50% or […] Read more »
Book Review: ‘News, Numbers and Public Opinion in a Data-Driven World’
In 1954, Darrell Huff published How to Lie with Statistics, a tongue-in-cheek guide for those wanting to use numbers to deceive. The book, now widely distributed to first-year university statistics students, outlines how statistics can confuse and muddle both writers and readers. The upshot? Huff suggests that: ‘without writers who […] Read more »