Good question!
Not a priority compared to what will mess up if they are not at work. Either control freaks, surrounded by incompetence, surrounded by folks that are gunning for their jobs, &/or you name it...
Very, very few good folks show up at all. Remember the tide that turned the demented perversion of the children in school wasn’t started by men, it was by Soccer Mom at PTA Meetings.
The Dad’s didn’t show until there was a sound movement.
I’ve ran into so many Christians that are frustratingly apathetic when it comes to voting and essentially any social or societal issues. They’ve all got the attitude of “God is in control, and whatever happens is His will.”
Drives me crazy! Get off your behind and vote your values! Do it for your kids if nothing else! Vote!
IMHO it’s because evangelicals and 2nd amendment supporters tend to think in terms of relying on God or self, but not relying on government. People who have a worldview of depending on government are more apt to be involved in making sure that government does what they want.
40% of Christians don’t vote. 15% of them are not even registered. (Pastors Alan Jackson and Jentzen Franklin and my local pastor J. Collinsworth have been shouting from the rooftops about being involved).
We are commanded to be involved/participate.
Many don’t vote because they know it is rigged. If this election is stolen by Harris, then I might join them. Also, many don’t think it matters. Case in point, House Speaker Mike Johnson.
A lot of evangelicals think voting is pointless or unnecessary. And there is also a lot of crossover with gun ownership. Which is doubly ironic.
i think there is a significant number of people in the USA that simply don’t care, or don’t think their vote matters, or don’t like any of the candidates - ever. They just look after their families as best they can and live life.
If Harris wins this election, I just might join them.
Arizona has 133,000 not registered, Nevada 59,173 and Montana 53,233. Again, WOW!
WHY???
My kin supported the Dems yet they never registered to vote as they did not want to be called up for Jury Duty.
I am the first to register (Republican) and have been on Jury Duty.
I joke that since they all have died, every election day they rise from the dead to vote democrat.
Too many Gun owners apparently too complacent, too many Evangelicals too sanctimonious. Welcome to the base of the Republican party. Thinking themselves patriotic, they let the Nation’s future slip through their hands.
I know a lot of non voting gun owners, they are mostly just good old boys who are simply unable to connect what goes on in politics with what happens with the laws of the land in their minds. 90% of them have never belonged to the NRA. They make no time for politics or any of the assorted politicians. They don’t listen to talk radio, don’t watch the news on TV, etc. They are just living life, “working for the weekend”, can’t hardly wait for whatever hunting season is coming up, and on and on and on.
Source, and compared to who else?
See https://www.statista.com/statistics/713921/share-americans-registered-vote-faith/
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And it is women who lead the liberal side.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/party-identification-among-religious-groups-and-religiously-unaffiliated-voters/
Because while the two main parties court the people with money, pay lip service to the "urban poor" and give the upper middle class a couple of pats the rest are ignored.
When you are not asked to the dance you tend not to go.
Very few people are single issue voters, you need to attract them on at least two points before they will pay you any attention.
