New York Magazine has a rundown of the attitudes of some of the G.O.P. candidates for the nomination in regards to evolution. Remember, this is an issue which is split down the middle in the American populace, but elites have a strong skew toward accepting evolution. This is probably why despite a majority Creationist primary electorate in 2008 the majority of Republican candidates still agreed with the evolutionary position. In 2012 it looks like the Creationism or semi-Creationist contingent is going to get larger.

In the General Social Survey they asked in the late 2000s whether respondents accepted that “humans developed from animals.” The response was dichotomous. Here are some results for various population groups:

Accepts human development from animals Democrat
59 Independent
53 Republican
42 Liberal
69 Moderate
52 Conservative
39 White
54 Black
35 Hispanic
52 No high school diploma
42 High school diploma
46 Junior college
53 Bachelor
63 Graduate
72 New England
81 Mid Atlantic
60 Great Lakes
52 Upper Midwest
54 South Atlantic
46 East South Central
29 Southwest
38 Mountain
53 Pacific
64 Protestant
35 Catholic
65 Jewish
79 No religion
79 Age 18-34
58 Age 36-64
51 Age 65-*
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