WSJ/NORC Religion Poll

A new WSJ/NORC poll reports some striking findings, among them that those who say religion is "very important" has declined to 39 percent in 2023 from 62 percent in 1998 and 48 percent in 2019. The poll aligns generally with other recent findings from Gallup and Pew indicating long-term trends of declining attendance at religious services, declining church membership, and declining belief in God. The WSJ/NORC poll had 32 percent of respondents saying they "never" attend religious services and 19 percent saying "less than once a year." A pdf of the poll results is here.