Religion & Political Affiliation

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Lutherans-Probably 60/40 Democratic (The more conservative types lean republican) but the traditional base...germans in the upper midwest have been democratic for a long time...(a trend thats been changing)

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Lutherans really aren't evangelical either though.

Probably more similar to Catholics and Episcopalians than baptists or the like.

heh..

<--LCMS and a Republican (albeit very liberal one)

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LCMS is conservative (though I wouldn't say strongly so), and not evangelical.

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Though isn't Ireland becoming less catholic--indeed less religious--as its become wealthier?

(I've seen some reports calling it the most globalized country in europe)

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But wait...aren't most (I actually have to exclude myself here)...Lutherans scandanavian/german and midwesterners?

(I realize that in the carolinas there is a large amount of republican lutherans, but don't the majority live in the upper midwest?)