Editing Devil (section)

==Contemporary belief==
Opinion polls show that belief in the devil in Western countries is more common in the United States ... 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Belief in the devil in 1982<ref name=devil-oldridge-2012-90>{{cite book|title=The Devil, a Very Short Introduction| last1=Oldridge| first1=Darren| publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=90–91 |year=2012}}</ref>
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! Country !! U.S. !! U.K. !!France
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| Percentage || ~60 || 21 || 17
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where it is more common among the religious, regular church goers, political conservatives, and the older and less well educated,<ref name="BRENAN-Gallup-belief">{{cite web |last1=BRENAN |first1=MEGAN |title=Belief in Five Spiritual Entities Edges Down to New Lows |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/508886/belief-five-spiritual-entities-edges-down-new-lows.aspx |website=Gallup |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
... but has declined in recent decades.
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|+ Belief in the devil in the U.S.{{#tag:ref| all polling done in May of that year<ref name="Gallup.religion">{{cite web |title=Religion |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/1690/religion.aspx |website=Gallup |date=8 June 2007 |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>|group=Note}}
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!  Year surveyed !!  2001!!  2004!!  2007!!  2016!!  2023
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| Percentage believing||68 || 70 || 70 || 61 ||58
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