Declining Religiosity Bad for GOP, Won't Save Democracy

New polling data highlight the extent to which Americans are continuing to abandon organized religious institutions. That's ominous news for the far right, which overwhelming relies on White evangelicals for political power. The Pew Research Center reported on Tuesday that a "survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 6 percentage points higher than it was five years ago and 10 points higher than a decade ago."