Similar to previous Gallup polls of the year, most respondents blamed a lack of respect or tolerance for other people as the most important problem with the state of moral values.
A new poll shows 72 percent of American citizens are highly pessimistic about the current direction in which moral values are headed in the United States.
According to a Gallup poll whose findings were released on Wednesday, 20 percent of those surveyed said moral values in the US are generally getting better, while only 6 percent said they are staying the same.
Moreover, 44 percent of Americans rate the state of moral values in the United States as Å“poor”, 19 percent said moral values are Å“excellent” or Å“good” and 36 percent said they are Å“only fair” – similar to results last year.
Most respondents blamed once more a lack of respect or tolerance for other people as the most important problem with the state of moral values.
A general dissatisfaction with the US government and social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage had less to do with general American pessimism than basic matters of civility, the poll results revealed.
The survey, conducted on May 2-7, was based on nationwide telephone interviews with 1,535 American adults.
The opinion poll was released as US President Barack Obama struggles to tackle issues plaguing Washington including the seizure of Associated Press phone records, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal and the Benghazi conspiracy.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV