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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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1 posted on 12/03/2022 7:49:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bet this group is less than one percent of all voters


2 posted on 12/03/2022 7:52:11 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: no-to-illegals

True, but abortion is a strong issue for Dems.
When Kansas went 60/40 for abortion I knew there was trouble.


3 posted on 12/03/2022 7:54:05 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The left doing everything it can to eliminate the Christian heritage of this country. They’ll reap what they sow, but we all will suffer as a consequence.


4 posted on 12/03/2022 7:54:18 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: no-to-illegals

The same idiots who demand bodily autonomy also demand the government force poison into everyone else’s body.


5 posted on 12/03/2022 7:55:12 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dead people vote Democrat overwhelmingly.


6 posted on 12/03/2022 7:55:26 AM PST by enumerated ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just reaffirms what I learned as a teenager in 1984 when a caller to a local radio talk show said “I’m an atheist and I’m voting for Mondale!”


7 posted on 12/03/2022 7:56:07 AM PST by MachIV
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How you can be pro science and pro individual rights and not be a Christian defies logic. You can be like a baby bird whose science and truth is chewed by an expert and spit into your mouth. At some point the urge to fly and think for yourself must become real.
I see them though.. they run around like perpetual two year olds, you know the ones still sucking on a pack and to be so fearful they cannot be left alone for a moment.


8 posted on 12/03/2022 7:56:33 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: nascarnation
Introduce abortion as what it is....murder...rather than some cockamamie right...and their whole "fairy tale" falls apart.

There is no such right to kill a defenseless child...in or out of the womb.

9 posted on 12/03/2022 7:58:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well duh capt. Obvious. Remove God, what fills the vacuum as he leaves


10 posted on 12/03/2022 7:58:32 AM PST by GenX4Real
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Godless are Liberal?

Who knew?

11 posted on 12/03/2022 7:58:54 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: momincombatboots
pro-science, pro-democracy


12 posted on 12/03/2022 7:59:13 AM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: nascarnation

Ever wonder how much cheating there was at the selection election ??


13 posted on 12/03/2022 8:00:53 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That should end well for them. Enjoy Eternity, ya losers.

*SMIRK*


14 posted on 12/03/2022 8:01:49 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: dowcaet

Two things: (1) Any Christian who votes Democrat is voting to destroy his own Faith.
(2) All atheists and agnostics are a priori fools, as God makes His existence known to all with eyes to see and brains to think.
At least the latter group has a reason to despise all good people and things, b/c their lives ultimately have no meaning.


15 posted on 12/03/2022 8:07:22 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Young people are not religious for the most part. Even the ones who say they are Christian don’t go to church and don’t read the Bible. And all the young Republicans are pro-gay.

The future of the Republican party is going to be much more liberal than what it is today. And in some sense, Trump kind of paved the way with his “Gays for Trump” welcoming. He’s far from the only one though of course. You had quite a few Senate and House Republicans vote for homosexual marriage.


16 posted on 12/03/2022 8:07:44 AM PST by GulliverSwift
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To: joma89

Me and mine are still shot free. Praise the Lord !!


17 posted on 12/03/2022 8:09:42 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Largely disinformation to cover for voter fraud.


18 posted on 12/03/2022 8:14:22 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mainline people…


19 posted on 12/03/2022 8:23:39 AM PST by EEGator
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To: nascarnation

I thought it was a one off until Montana voted to deny medical care for abortion survivors


20 posted on 12/03/2022 8:24:13 AM PST by italianquaker
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