This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian [Was 91% in 1948!]

Gallup ^ | December 28, 2009

[Steelfish]

December 24, 2009 This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian

Over time, fewer Americans identify as Christian; more have no religious identity

by Frank NewportPRINCETON, NJ -- This Christmas season, 78% of Americans identify with some form of Christian religion, a proportion that has been declining in recent decades. The major reason for this decline has been an increase in the percentage of Americans claiming no religious identity, now at 13% of all adults.

[Between the Lines]

There was much more stigma attached to being non-Christian in 1948 than there is today. My guess is that the real percentage of those who are Christian has changed little, there are just more who are willing to admit that they are not today.

[Steelfish]

Not just Muslims. There are hordes of Hindus and Buddhists as well coupled with tens of thousands of secular Chinese. And then of course, we have chain migration. No small wonder this nation is no longer the country it used to be just a decade or two ago.

[SES1066]

They do not need to interview anyone in your family as they only need 800 respondents to reach a margin of error of 3.46%.

There is also the problem of "respondent refusal" and its effect upon polls and their weighting. I am an example, the minute that a time-waster calls me and identifies the purpose as a poll, I tell them I am not interested and politely hang up. From other posts on Free Republic I know that I am not alone in my actions. This is a known effect and is the despair of all pollster organizations but I have more and better things to do than to play their numbers game.