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Gallup: 'God Gap' Persists; Religious Are Mostly Republican; Non-Religious Are Mostly Democrat
Christian Post ^ | 07/31/2014 | Napp Nazworth

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.

Gallup

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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KEYWORDS: christianvote; democrat; irreligiousleft; nonreligious; religious; republican
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee, I wish I could find public funding to do a silly, obvious study like that. Is anyone really surprised by the findings?


21 posted on 07/31/2014 10:46:09 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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22 posted on 07/31/2014 11:36:15 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: wyowolf

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.


23 posted on 07/31/2014 11:38:02 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

See my tagline for further clarification...


24 posted on 07/31/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: wyowolf

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.


25 posted on 07/31/2014 2:33:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

that maths seems a bit off when like 95% of Jews vote Dim...


26 posted on 08/01/2014 2:53:49 AM PDT by wyowolf
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