Will Religion Replace Race as the New Identity Politics?

Most Republicans are understandably elated by the 2024 election results: the GOP will soon control the White House and both chambers of Congress. Exit polls, which showed comparatively strong Republican performance among minority voters, render increasingly implausible the notion that demographic change alone will usher in a permanent Democratic majority. This decline in racial and ethnic polarization, at least in voting choices, should be celebrated. Race and ethnicity are not the only demographic characteristics worth tracking, however, and the election results also revealed intriguing trends among religious voters.