Posted on 07/31/2014 8:05:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The so-called "God Gap" between Republicans and Democrats continues to play an important role in partisan differences, according to a new Gallup poll.
Among very religious Americans, about half, 49 percent, identify as Republican or are likely to vote Republican. Among nonreligious Americans, also about half, 52 percent, identify as Democrats or are likely to vote for Democrats.
This God gap, sometimes called the "religious participation gap," has characterized party politics in the United States for at least the seven years that Gallup has been measuring it, Frank Newport, editor in chief for Gallup, pointed out in a blog post.
Religiosity was measured using two survey questions. One asked respondents how important religion is in their daily lives. The other asked how often they attend religious services. With the answers, Gallup created a three category classification — very religious, moderately religious and nonreligious.
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Gee, I wish I could find public funding to do a silly, obvious study like that. Is anyone really surprised by the findings?
Because they are charged with “doing good”, but don’t want to _personally_ sacrifice to do that good.
The gov’t takes this laziness and parlays it into power.
See my tagline for further clarification...
RE; I know a good number of Catholics and nearly all Jews are dims...
I think the religious and non-religious breakdown also applies to Jews and Catholics.
The non-religious Catholics ( those who don’t go to mass ) and the non-religious Jews are democrats.
The religious Catholics and Jews tend to vote Republican.
that maths seems a bit off when like 95% of Jews vote Dim...
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