Poll: Young Americans Revere Monogamy

[Ryan Ruck]

Poll: Young Americans Revere Monogamy

Young Americans have a reverence for national institutions, traditions and family values, a U.S. survey indicates.

A survey of so-called "millennials" -- those between 21 and 29 -- revealed the group overwhelmingly said they support monogamy, marriage, the U.S. Constitution and the military, The Washington Times reported Sunday.

"We were completely surprised. There has been a faulty portrayal of millennials by the media -- television, films, news, blogs, everything. These people are not the self-entitled, coddled slackers they're made out to be. Misnomers and myths about them are all over the place," said Ann Mack, who directed the survey and is the official "director of trend-spotting" at J. Walter Thompson, the nation's largest advertising agency.

In addition to indicating 94 percent of millennials respect monogamy and parenthood and 84 percent revere marriage, the survey found 88 percent said they respect the U.S. Constitution, 84 percent respect the military and more than three-quarters believe in the "American dream."

The survey of 1,250 adults was conducted online throughout January. No margin of error was reported.

Could have fooled me! Still call me skeptical…

[Brian Baldwin]

Same here. But then again we're still easily meeting recruiting goals.

[Phil Fiord]

I think it may be fairly accurate. Of the various so called millennials I have known and know, the above stats are actually right on. As to supporting military, many I have met are more about mil as an option and not an immediate reaction. We are thrown a tableau of all things bad through media, but that is just a slice of a very large pie.