How Have American Values Changed Over Time

Patriotism, Organized religion, Having Children: Polls Finds American Values Are Changing 46:37

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A new poll has found that American values have changed dramatically in the past two decades. (Wilfredo Lee/AP) — A new poll has constitute that American values have changed dramatically in the by two decades. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

With Kimberly Atkins

Patriotism. Organized religion. Having children. American values are changing, reports a new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll. Nosotros explore national grapheme in 2019.

Guests

Jeff Horwitt, Democratic pollster and senior vice president at Hart Research Associates.

Bill McInturff, Republican pollster. Partner, co-founder and managing partner of Public Stance Strategies. (@pollsterguy)

Theodore Johnson, senior fellow at the Brennan Heart for Justice. (@DrTedJ)

From The Reading Listing

NBC News: " 'A deep and humid anger': NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic satisfaction" — "The political and cultural upheaval of the terminal four years has divided the state on e'er-hardening partisan and generational lines, but one feeling unites Americans as much as it did before the 2016 ballot.

"They're still angry. And still unsettled about the future.

"The latest NBC News/Wall Street Periodical poll finds that — despite Americans' overall satisfaction with the state of the U.Due south. economy and their own personal finances — a majority say they are angry at the nation's political and financial establishment, broken-hearted about its economical futurity, and pessimistic virtually the country they're leaving for the adjacent generation.

" '4 years agone, nosotros uncovered a deep and boiling anger across the country engulfing our political system,' said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Assembly, which conducted this survey in partnership with the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies. 'Four years later on, with a very different politician in place, that acrimony remains at the same level.'

"The poll finds that seventy percent of Americans say they feel angry 'because our political system seems to only exist working for the insiders with money and power, like those on Wall Street or in Washington.' Forty-three percent say that statement describes them 'very well.' "

Wall Street Journal: "Americans Have Shifted Dramatically on What Values Matter Virtually" — "The values that Americans say define the national graphic symbol are changing, every bit younger generations rate patriotism, organized religion and having children as less important to them than did young people two decades agone, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds.

"The poll is the latest sign of difficulties the 2020 presidential candidates will likely face in crafting a unifying message for a country divided over personal principles and views of an increasingly diverse society.

"When the Journal/NBC News survey asked Americans 21 years ago to say which values were about important to them, potent majorities picked the principles of hard work, patriotism, delivery to religion and the goal of having children.

"Today, difficult work remains atop the list, simply the shares of Americans list the other iii values take fallen substantially, driven by changing priorities of people under age 50.

"Some 61% in the new survey cited patriotism as very important to them, downward 9 percentage points from 1998, while 50% cited religion, down 12 points. Some 43% placed a high value on having children, downwardly xvi points from 1998."

Adam Waller produced this hour for circulate.

This plan aired on Baronial 28, 2019.

Source: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/08/28/poll-american-values

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