A recent poll (September 2013) that surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults showed the following stats about what Americans think of the Devil:

• 57 percent of people believe in the existence of the Devil, while 28 percent deny the Devil's existence. (But in a different survey, 40 percent of Millennials said Satan is "not a real being but just a symbol of evil.")
• 51 percent of respondents believe that someone can be possessed by an evil spirit; 28 percent disagree.
• 46 percent believe in the power of exorcism, 19 percent don't, and 36 percent aren't sure.