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%).

“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.”

  • @[email protected]
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    85 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
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      35 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

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        Or you could actually take control of the Party. The Moral Majority did that with the GOP back in the day.

        • Uranium3006
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          15 months ago

          fucking lol, don’t waste your time. the democratic party has killed off so many movements by consuming them and starving them slowly