by Chris Black
The number of Americans who consider patriotism, religion, and other key “American values” important has fallen since the late 1990s and plummeted in the last four years, if a new Wall Street Journal poll is to be believed.
Published on Monday, the poll found that the percentage of Americans who say that “patriotism” is very important to them has fallen to 38%, down from 61% in 2019 and 70% in 1998.
“Religion” has fallen in importance, with 39% listing it as very important, down from 48% in 2019 and 62% in 1998.
Just 30% of Americans now consider “having children” very important, down from 43% in 2019 and 59% in 1998.
Back in 1998, 47% ranked “community involvement” as very important, a figure that rose to 62% in 2019, before falling to 27% in 2023.
Only “money” has consistently increased in importance, with 43% of Americans ranking it as very important, up from 41% in 2019 and 31% in 1998.
The WSJ poll showing the precipitous decline in American values is yet another reason we shouldn't be in Ukraine playing footsie with WW3
Our country is falling apart and our "leaders" are focused on a border dispute 5,000 miles away. pic.twitter.com/tmey8Jp12x
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 27, 2023