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"white Evangelicals were an identical 26 percent of the electorate in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018" [1] even though they're only 15% of the population [2]. That n
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"white Evangelicals were an identical 26 percent of the electorate in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018" [1] even though they're only 15% of the population [2]. That number is dropping sharply as younger generations are less likely to be part of an Evangelical church.
Millennials and Gen Z are the biggest voting bloc at 27% of the population, but only represent 20% of the votes cast [3].
[1] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/in-midterms-white-evangelicals-stood-up-for-their-party.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/in-midterms-white-eva...
[2] https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18070630/white-evangelicals-turnout-midterms-trump-2020 https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18070630/white-evangelicals-tu...
[3] https://medium.com/s/youthnow/ruined-entire-generation-of-young-voters-gen-z-politics-democracy-140d9ead1fa2 https://medium.com/s/youthnow/ruined-entire-generation-of-yo...