The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-christian-right-is-helping-drive-liberals-away-from-religion/

The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Daniel Cox

A few weeks ago, the Democratic National Committee formally acknowledged what has been evident for quite some time: Nonreligious voters are a critical part of the party’s base. In a one-page resolution passed at its annual summer meeting, the DNC called on Democratic politicians to recognize and celebrate the contributions of nonreligious Americans, who make up one-third of Democrats. In response, Robert Jeffress, a Dallas pastor with close ties to Trump, appeared on Fox News, saying the Democrats were finally admitting they are a “godless party.”

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Researchers haven’t found a comprehensive explanation for why the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans has increased over the past few years — the shift is too large and too complex. But a recent swell of social science research suggests that even if politics wasn’t the sole culprit, it was an important contributor. “Politics can drive whether you identify with a faith, how strongly you identify with that faith, and how religious you are,” said Michele Margolis, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity.” “And some people on the left are falling away from religion because they see it as so wrapped up with Republican politics.”

Emphasis added.

How long until "faith holder" = "republican" on a 1:1 ratio in the collective point of view?

Who knows, but maybe it is just as the 'creator' planned all along.