bedstuy
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« on: February 10, 2013, 04:02:25 PM » |
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There have been a few big trends in the past 30-40 years.
-Fundamentalist evangelicals increased as a percentage of protestants. So, a Christian is less likely to be a wishy washy County club type denomination like Episcopalian.
-White protestants are a shrinking group as a percentage of the nation. So, Democrats can continue on with a coalition of non-whites and white liberals.
-Atheists/non-believers are an increasing group as a percentage of the nation. So, this bolsters the correlation as most non-believers are not Republicans.
-Christianity, especially evangelical protestantism and conservative Catholicism have become more overtly political, partially due to the abortion and gay marriage debates. This obviously contributes.
-Republicans have purged the moderates in their party. So, there are few Republicans that attempt to appeal to non-evangelical whites.
-Democrats lost the South. So, Democrats had no reason to try to appeal to evangelical whites.
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