Majority of Americans Say It Would Be Good for Society If More People Were Religious: Poll

However, this figure is down from the number who expressed the same opinion when asked by the polling firm in 2013, Gallup noted.

A man prays following an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, on Feb. 22, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A majority of U.S. adults (65 percent) say they believe that it would be good for society if more Americans were religious, according to a poll by Gallup.

Gallup’s Values and Beliefs survey, released on June 16, found a substantial gap between the sexes, with 70 percent of men agreeing that more religiosity would be good for the country, compared with 61 percent of women.