{"id":2854,"date":"2026-05-28T21:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:31:46","slug":"poll-shows-americans-confidence-in-us-moral-values-continuing-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2854","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows Americans\u2019 confidence in US moral values continuing to decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/strong> – <\/span>A new survey reveals that Americans\u2019 views on the overall state of moral values in the U.S. have worsened over the past year, with negative assessments of current conditions and the direction that values are headed both rising sharply.<\/p>

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Gallup surveyed more than 1,000 adults earlier this month living in all 50 U.S. states.<\/p>

Record-high of Americans rate moral values in US as \u2018poor\u2019<\/h2>
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By the numbers:<\/p>

Since Gallup began tracking these measures in 2002, Americans have been more negative than positive in their views of the nation’s moral values.\u00a0<\/p>

However, according to the poll, a record-high 56% of Americans rated moral values in the U.S. as “poor” this year, up 12 percentage points from last year.<\/p>