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Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic
The Associated Press ^ | December 3, 2022 | By PETER SMITH

Posted on 12/03/2022 7:49:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings, they’re not there for a virtual happy hour.

“We don’t sit around at our meetings patting ourselves on the back for not believing in God together,” said David Brown, a founder from the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore.

The group, mostly consisting of atheists and agnostics, mobilizes to knock on doors and make phone calls on behalf of Democratic candidates “who are pro-science, pro-democracy, whether or not they are actually self-identified secular people,” he said. “We are trying to keep church and state separate. That encompasses LGBTQIA+, COVID science, bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.”

Brown describes his group as “small but mighty,” yet they’re riding a big wave.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

The unaffiliated — often nicknamed the “nones” — voted for Democratic House candidates nationwide over Republicans by more than a 2-1 margin (65% to 31%), according to VoteCast. That echoes the 2020 president election, when Democrat Joe Biden took 72% of voters with no religious affiliation, while Republican Donald Trump took 25%, according to VoteCast.

Atheists and agnostics form only a subset of nones and are less numerous than evangelicals. But they are more likely than evangelicals to make a campaign donation, attend a political meeting or join a protest, Burge said, citing the Harvard-affiliated Cooperative Election Study.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ac; atheism; atheists; democrats; demonicrats; nones; religion
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You don’t say!? Godless leftists lean toward godless Democrats?


21 posted on 12/03/2022 8:24:29 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Amen, Mr. Adams, Amen.


22 posted on 12/03/2022 8:26:46 AM PST by drwoof
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To: no-to-illegals

What group? Secular Democrats? Oregon’s new gun law was dreamed up by the nastiest kind of people...“religious” Portlanders. .


23 posted on 12/03/2022 8:28:14 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

What about group doesn’t exist except in ap’s own lies …..


24 posted on 12/03/2022 8:30:04 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: dowcaet

“ The left doing everything it can to eliminate the Christian heritage of this country”

They will love it when islam fills the spirituality void and there will be nobody left to protect them


25 posted on 12/03/2022 8:43:14 AM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They can kick God out of their own sorry lives but they’re not kicking Him out of ours. Let their DemoRat gods they worship and serve reward them accordingly.


26 posted on 12/03/2022 8:43:36 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Pro Science and Pro LGBTQIA+ is an oxymoron

LGBTQIA+ is scientific illogical

Take the theory of evolution it only had two point

Random mutation...

that give Reproductive advantage

By that theory LGBTQIA+ should not even the thing it has no purpose. It’s biologically illogical


27 posted on 12/03/2022 8:49:16 AM PST by tophat9000 (Tophat90000)
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To: dowcaet

When they do, I’ll convert to being Norse and dedicate my first atheist kill to Odin.

And work my way to Thor, Loki, Hel, etc.


28 posted on 12/03/2022 9:08:01 AM PST by RedMonqey
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well you could knock me over with a wrecking ball!
Who woulda thunk it: Godless heathens mostly vote Democrat.

It might also be wise to consider that people who do not believe in a Creator likewise do not believe we have been have endowed with “certain inalienable rights” by the same.


29 posted on 12/03/2022 9:10:59 AM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Living proof the not only sperm cell counts have decreased in the last 30 years so has brain cells.

Nothing good ever happens under democrat leadership it’s why they love misery.


30 posted on 12/03/2022 9:12:47 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: G Larry

Yep


31 posted on 12/03/2022 9:27:04 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nascarnation
True, but abortion is a strong issue for Dems. When Kansas went 60/40 for abortion I knew there was trouble.

The Republicans need to frame the issue better. Each state gets to decide if they want to have abortion. It is legal in New York and California. In Florida, it is legal up to 20 weeks, I believe.

32 posted on 12/03/2022 9:28:53 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: GulliverSwift
And in some sense, Trump kind of paved the way with his “Gays for Trump” welcoming.

It's interesting to observe that Trump was the most socially liberal president since Nixon and no two men were more hated by the Left.

33 posted on 12/03/2022 9:32:04 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: GulliverSwift
It's interesting to observe that Trump was the most socially liberal president

It's interesting to observe that Trump was the most socially liberal REPUBLICAN president.

When is Jim gonna give us that edit button...

34 posted on 12/03/2022 9:33:01 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

People who push evil on the world have no use for God. No surprise there.


35 posted on 12/03/2022 9:33:04 AM PST by Revel
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To: no-to-illegals

Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
Self-identified Christians make up 63% of U.S. population in 2021, down from 75% a decade ago
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/


36 posted on 12/03/2022 9:40:38 AM PST by teofila
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The fool hath said in his heart, “there is no God”...


37 posted on 12/03/2022 9:47:50 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Elections are meaningless. We gave them one more shot after 2020. Play the game if you want. I live in Arizona. Three straight steals is enough.


38 posted on 12/03/2022 9:50:33 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Sacajaweau

Sometimes its a command from God . . . like in Joshua


39 posted on 12/03/2022 9:54:02 AM PST by PatriotarchyQ
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Gen Z voters who delivered wins for the dems just rolled out the gate Nov. 8 and will grow in large numbers going forward. And all these brats care about are abortion, homo “rights,” “global warming” and whatever free crap they can wring out of the taxpayers. They don’t give two shits about the border disaster, inflation, rampant crime or the direction of the country. They are the most socialism-embracing, religious faith-rejecting generation ever.


40 posted on 12/03/2022 8:09:07 PM PST by ScottinVA (Slava Ukraini!)
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