Generally speaking, the American political scene considered about 25 percent of Americans were “evangelical” with another 25 percent considered Catholic. So, of course, if a candidate or movement could attract the faith-based crowd, you could get a majority. But, according to Warren, the whole idea of Christians being a cultural or even religious majority was overblown in the first place.
“They were cultural evangelicals or cultural Catholics or cultural Baptists or cultural charismatics or whatever,” said Warren, talking about the so-called Christian voter base. “And, their voting and their beliefs were not really attached.”
They were cultural Christians and little more.
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