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An increasing minority of democrats do. Republicans tend to have a religion already so they try to leave that stuff to the church.
by edgyquant 4y ago
An increasing minority of democrats do. Republicans tend to have a religion already so they try to leave that stuff to the church.
- doubleg72 4y ago[flagged]
- woodruffw 4y agoWhere does this come from? The religious foundations of the current GOP are well attested[1]. The historical conventional wisdom around the US's political parties is that Democrats fall in love (meaning that they abstain from voting over minor political differences), while Republicans fall in line (meaning that they hold their nose and vote for whoever the party ticket is). That's changed a little bit over the the last decade, but not appreciably so. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority
- TimTheTinker 4y agoIn my opinion, Republicans are less falling in line and more voting against the other side. American politics today are about thesis/antithesis, where the thesis is whatever the latest liberal agenda is and the antithesis is everyone who normally disagrees with each other, but is united in a common disagreement with the Democratic Party. In this environment, there's only one political thesis (not antithesis) that has more than a very small percentage of the vote.
- hobs 4y agoWhat makes you say that when preachers are actively testing the laws regarding non-profit status, widely reported to support GOP legislators who are using their religion as the basis for their platforms on abortion. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/30/johnson-amendment-elections-irs/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/30/johnson-amendment-el... https://www.newsnationnow.com/religion/churches-politics-pulpit/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/religion/churches-politics-pul...