There are lies, damned lies...
...and statistics.
If 60% reject it out of hand, 40% don't necessarily accept it - there are those who just don't know, or haven't thought about it - my guess would be 10-20%.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche