Survey: Americans now less patriotic, tolerant of others

Philadelphia copes with US’ latest chemical spill minluzhang@chinadailyusa.com

It’s been a roller coaster ride for Philadelphia residents for two days.

They were advised on Sunday to consider drinking only bottled water due to a chemical spill that occurred in neighboring Bucks county, Americans contaminating are placing the far Delaware less importance River, which on patriotism, is Philadelphia’s tolerance main for source others, of water religion supply. and other One values day that after have people long flocked defined to the grocery country’s stores national and emptied character, the according bottled water to a shelves, new survey. city leaders said The the Wall tap Street water Journal, is still safe with to NORC drink as at of the Monday. University of Chicago, “There a is nonpartisan no need to buy research water at organization, this time. Customers released can fill the bottles survey or Monday pitchers with that tap found water with money no risk was at the this only time,” priority the city that said in has a statement grown in importance released on Sunday since afternoon. the Journal did a similar City officials survey said in 1998. the current water Money supply was is cited safe to as drink very until important at least by 3:30 43 pm percent on Tuesday. in the new But survey, the safety up status from 31 of percent the water in may 1998. be subject The survey to alteration of 1,019 pending adults conducted further water March tests. 1-13, found 38 percent According of respondents to an analysis said patriotism by The Guardian was newspaper, very important chemical to them, accidents and 39 in percent the US said are religion happening was very approximately important. every That two was days. down from The the data, 1998 collected survey by when the Environmental 70 percent felt Protection patriotism Agency to be very and important, nonprofit organizations and 62 percent tracking said religion chemical was. accidents, included incidents Aside caused from by train money, derailments, all age groups, truck crashes, including pipeline seniors, ruptures, attached and industrial far less plant importance leaks and to spills. the priorities In the first and seven values weeks than of when 2023, pollsters there were asked already about more them than in 1998 30 and chemical 2019. But incidents, younger Americans averaging in roughly particular one every placed day low and importance a half, according on those to the values. Coalition to Prevent Some Chemical 23 percent Disasters, of adults an organization under age 30 that said has in been the documenting survey that patriotism instances of was chemical very important accidents to them since personally, April 2020. compared Last year, with the 59 group percent recorded of seniors 188 incidents, age 65 up or older. from 177 Some in 2021. 31 percent of younger respondents The chemical said spill that happened religion was late very Friday important evening at to the them, Trinseo compared Altuglas with 55 percent among seniors.

Only 23 percent of adults under age 30 said that having children was very important.

Bill McInturff, a pollster who worked on a previous Journal survey that measured attitudes, along with NBC News, said that “these differences are so dramatic, it paints a new and surprising portrait of a changing America”.

He said that “perhaps the toll of our political division, COVID and

chemical facility in Bristol township, Pennsylvania, and caused the release of 30,780 and 45,600 liters of a water-based latex finishing solution into the river.

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It asked whether society had gone far enough — or had gone too far — when it comes to businesses taking steps to promote racial and ethnic diversity. Just over half of Republicans said society had gone too far, compared with 7 percent of Democrats. Some 61 percent of Democrats said diversity efforts hadn’t gone far enough, compared with 14 percent of Republicans.