Posts tagged God Gap
Why Democrats Are Less Religious Than Republicans
Why Democrats Are Less Religious Than Republicans

(ANALYSIS) Despite efforts to convince the American public that the religious left is a potent force in American politics — the data just does not support that assertion. In fact, it shows that Democrats are significantly less religious by any objective measure of the term compared to their Republican counterparts.

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Analysis, Christianity, North America, Politics, Primary FeatureRyan BurgeRyan Burge, God Gap, Republicans, Democrats, Culture War, Religious Right, white evangelicals, American Prophets, Jack Jenkins, Just Faith, Gurthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, religious left, Religious left, Cooperative Election Study, Barack Obama, Stratos Patrikios, Primary Feature, The God Gap, Secondary Feature, recharge, Secondary feature Comments
Will the 'God gap' persist on Nov. 6? What else should religion-news pros look for?
Will the 'God gap' persist on Nov. 6? What else should religion-news pros look for?

(COMMENTARY) On Election Day 2018, we can expect black Protestants, Latino Catholics and Jews will join the “nones” as solidly Democratic while Mormons plus evangelical Protestants go Republican. More interesting two big blocs of religious swing voters - Non-Hispanic Catholics and white “mainline” Protestants - each have a negative view of President Trump at 52 percent, roughly tracking his standing with the over-all public.

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Opinion, North America, PoliticsRichard OstlingRichard Ostling, Primary Feature, God Gap, Elections, Democrats, Republicans, LifeWay, JohnC. Green, Religiously Unaffiliated, Nones, George W. Bush, Election Day, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Christianity, Donald Trump, gender gap