Religious Democrats, Secular Republicans Under The Microscope

Do secular Republicans look like religious Republicans on abortion? Do religious Democrats look like secular Democrats? More specifically — what does post-religious Right actually look like? ...Democrats are slowly shifting from being 2/3 religious to half religious and half not. The modern Democratic party is nearly evenly divided by religious voters and secular ones. It’s 52% vs 48% right now. But don’t be surprised when it flips the other way in the next five years. I think that’s just inevitable at this point. The GOP is also shifting, but they started at a much higher baseline. In 2008, 87% of Republicans were religious voters and just 13% were secular. Every election season, those percentages have slowly shifted. By 2022, about 80% of the GOP is religious, while 20% are secular. Read Full Article »