For that matter, does it seem like we live in a country where 81% of the people actually believe in God?
If we were to define "believing in God" as "attempting to live my life as though God actually existed and pleasing him by living according to his precepts is the primary goal," I'd place the percentage at more like 8.1% based on my experience and observation.
More than the rise of the religious right, which does promote anti-intellectualism and conflates Christianity with right-wing nationalism and has been a negative influence, I would lay the blame mostly on the secularization of the educational system over the past 50 years. Because everyone passes through the educational system, this secularization has tentacles that now extend to every nook and cranny of society. When Marxists talk about the "long, slow march through the institutions," this is what they are talking about - and it's been brilliantly successful.
I had a debate with an English atheist who is now living in the U.S. and whose husband is a world-class COVID researcher. She explained that, at least as far as most of Europe is concerned, my perspective was completely out of date. Religion, she said, is a matter of complete indifference, not even on most peoples' radar screens. They don't "disbelieve" or "reject" religion - they no longer even believe it's worth thinking about, any more than the Easter Bunny is. We're 20 or so years behind, but that's the path I think were on.