Still too high, but any downward trend is progress. Only 68% of people under 30 believe in a god, so as old conservatives die off, this number will improve.

Gallup: Only 81% of Americans believe in God, an all-time low

[onlysky.media]

A new Gallup poll out today finds that the percentage of Americans who believe in God is at an all-time low.

In 2017, 87% of Americans said they believed in God. That number has now dropped to an astonishing 81%, according to the group’s Values and Beliefs poll, which is all the more fascinating considering that the number hovered over 90% between 1944 and 2011, when there was no shortage of national crises.

Keep in mind that 81% is the number across the board; it falls much further depending on the subgroup. Gallup found that, while every single demographic has seen some drop in God-belief, it’s especially noticeable for people under 30, liberals, and Democrats.

The groups with the largest declines are also the groups that are currently least likely to believe in God, including liberals (62%), young adults (68%) and Democrats (72%). Belief in God is highest among political conservatives (94%) and Republicans (92%), reflecting that religiosity is a major determinant of political divisions in the U.S.

These numbers reflect a trend we’ve been seeing for years. Fewer than half of all Americans now say they’re members of a church, synagogue, or mosque. Only about a third of Americans (36%) say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in organized religion. Meanwhile, a majority of Americans now say they harbor at least some doubt in God’s existence.