Study: Americans Less Religious Than Ever Before

Liberals much less likely to declare a preferred religion

Americans are the least religious they've ever been, with one in five Americans declaring no religious preference, according to a new survey released Tuesday.

The percentage of Americans who declared "no religious preference" on the 2012 General Social Survey, a large-scale national survey, was more than twice the percentage of Americans who declared no religion in 1990, and four times higher than the percentage in 1972, the first year the survey was taken. Read more