Most Americans are still down with this parchment.

Most Americans are still down with this.

With Independence Day in mind, the pollsters at Rasmussen Reports recently polled a group of Americans about the legacy of our founding document. And—surprise, surprise—it turns out that most people in the United States are still keen on the Declaration of Independence, 236 years after 13 colonies formed a ramshackle union and decided to escape the yoke of the British Empire.

Seventy percent of respondents to the Rasmussen poll agree with the Declaration’s fundamental tenant—the assertion that “governments derive their only just powers from the consent of the governed.” The survey, which queried 1,000 adults, also asked questions about the durability of the United States Constitution and the size and scope of government.

The full details of the survey are, regrettably, behind a paywall. Perhaps they shed some light on the 30 percent of people who don’t believe in the Declaration of Independence.

Still, we’re looking forward to more groundbreaking survey results from Rasmussen, such as:

  • Most Australians glad their continent is no longer a penal colony.
  • Majority of Maine residents long to be returned to Massachusetts.
  • Few French people wish Louis XVI had never gone to the guillotine.