# Why do most Americans deny evolution?

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**Created:** [December 31, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-americans-deny-evolution/337801 "2005-12-31T00:16:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-americans-deny-evolution/337801/1 "2005-12-31T00:16:49Z")

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Why do most Americans deny evolution?  
“Less than half of all Americans believe in evolution.”  
source American Museum of Natural History  
page 53, Newsweek, November 28, 2005.  
Last week Gov. Jeb Bush of FL (I’m paraphrasing) said he did not want the teaching of evolution to be part of the public school’s curriculum.  
Do the majority also believe in astrology, as did Nancy Reagan?

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