When Americans are asked to check a box indicating their religious affiliation, 28% now check ‘none.’

A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated – a group comprised of atheists, agnostic and those who say their religion is “nothing in particular” – is now the largest cohort in the U.S. They’re more prevalent among American adults than Catholics (23%) or evangelical Protestants (24%).

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“We know politically for example,” [Gregory Smith at Pew] says, “that religious Nones are very distinctive. They are among the most strongly and consistently liberal and Democratic constituencies in the United States.”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    712·
    9 months ago

    They’ll never have anyone to vote for. One party is christofascists, and the other no longer does fair primaries, if they bother with them at all.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      81·
      9 months ago

      I’ll tell you what. You go out and go to the local Democratic club house with the names of 1,000 dedicated voters and see if you get a reaction.

      • Uranium3006@kbin.social
        3·
        9 months ago

        why bother with the controlled opposition party if you can get that many people together? form a direct action group to improve your local community with that instead