Poll: More Americans Say U.S. Morality Getting Worse
The Gallup’s annual poll on moral values found 76 percent of Americans said moral values in the country are getting worse, up five percent from last year. This year’s rise marked the second highest one-year increase in nine years. In 2004, 77 percent of Americans said moral values were getting worse, marking a 10 percentage rise from the previous year.
Opinions about moral values in the country tend to stay relatively stable between years.