Google Forms Survey Conclusion- Perspectives on Stem Cell Research

Stem cell research is the subject of much discussion and interest across the world.
Newspapers frequently report new discoveries, and this fast-paced field has been the focus of
hope, hype and sometimes controversy. So what does the public think? Overall, the American
people overwhelmingly support the idea of stem cell research and the promise it shows for
allowing medical researchers to find cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart
disease and other conditions. As seen in our survey of nearly 70 respondents, Figure 1 shows that
91.8% of people support research on stem cells.

However this issue

becomes more hazy when examined over different demographics and posed in different
dimensions. First, attention to this issue is significantly different over generational lines. In
general, Baby Boomers tended to pay much more attention to the issue of the federal funding of
stem cell research than Post Millenials. While 50% of Baby Boomers reported paying some
degree of close attention to the issue, only about 13% of Post Millenialss said they did.

When analyzed through the scope of religious differences, people who reported they were very
religious were enormously more opposed to the government funding stem cell research and had
0% of people supporting no restrictions while 30% of people who reported being not religious
supported having no restrictions. This shows that the moral controversy over this issue is notably
affected by religious beliefs.

Ultimately, this survey could have been improved in two main ways. First, the question
concerning religious involvement should have had more choice options than very religious,
occasionally participate in religious activities, and not religious at all. These options did not
cover all possible responses. Additionally, it would have been more effective to survey a more
politically diverse group of people to see how pary alignment affects perspectives on this issue-almost 70 % of our respondents reported being democratic.