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America at a Crossroads?

Ed Townsend
Posted 11/2/21

Siena College Research Institute’s Director Dr. Don Levy in a prepared study and news release answered “yes” to the question “are we divided and “absolutely” to …

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America at a Crossroads?

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Siena College Research Institute’s Director Dr. Don Levy in a prepared study and news release answered “yes” to the question “are we divided and “absolutely” to the question, “do we share core values” but to the question, “are we proud to be Americans?” the answer was “for the most part.”

Dr. Levy in the release of this study noted he was “hopeful, but concerned,” when answering the question, “do we think our great experiment will weather the storm?”

The American Values study said, “thirty four questions asking Americans whether many central tenets of our union are words that they live by showed that Americans say that they share the same values according to a new national online study of 6,077 Americans released by the Siena College Research Institute.”

During the Siena College American Values Study the question, Can We Save Our Union was discussed in extensive open-ended interviews with additional respondents saying “by and large they are proud to be an American.”

The study, “echoed core values as they described our country as the land of opportunity that had afforded, in some cases, recent immigrants the fertile soil that allowed their families’ tenuous seeds to blossom into rich American stories.”

The Siena College Research Institute American Values Study report noted that, “America, while not perfect, is the country and the idea that everyone wants to be part of.”

This excellently prepared report went on to describe, “America as kind, compassionate and generous but others focused on what they see as a lack of understanding among us, driven by soloed hate speech and a litany of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination.”

This lengthy well written report has additional information and the full study is available at https://scri.siena.edu/2021/10/25/americans-deeply-divided-yet-share-core-values-of-equality-liberty-progress or type in Siena College American Values Study into Google.

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