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Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S.

10 points by alamortsubite 8mo ago

Bender 8mo ago
I would have expected Idaho to be a lot higher than Wyoming. Just anecdotally I have only met LDS (Mormons) and unaffiliated. Curious what part of Wyoming the nationalists are hiding in. I also expected to find a lot of far right but I mostly just find people that like me wanted freedom. i.e. to be left alone. There are Trumpers but that's about it. There are no political parties or religions for me. I found an old article [1] but it does not give me a specific location. I want to know where to stay clear of. [1] - https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/23/wyoming-attorney-says-christian-nationalism-has-highjacked-republican-party/ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/23/wyoming-attorney-say...
SilverElfin 8mo ago
This is a good time to point out that Project 2025, which is the basis of the Trump 2.0 administration, is mostly authored by a Christian nationalist. That person is Russell Vought, who is now in charge of the OMB (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought) even though he has no qualification for this position. And also, he is very literally anti constitution (https://www.wakeweekly.com/columns/russell-vought-isnt-wrong-about-our-post-constitutional-moment-cde2d1d5 https://www.wakeweekly.com/columns/russell-vought-isnt-wrong...) and wants to replace our laws with laws rooted in Christianity - part of a movement called Integralism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integralism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integralism).
toomuchtodo 8mo ago
I’d be curious how this squares with 100,000+ churches that are expected to close in the next few years in the US. From a longitudinal study perspective, one would expect dominance to decline as structural systems it relies on head towards failure. 15,000 churches could close this year amid religious shift in U.S - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46484284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46484284 - January 2026
- toomuchtodo 8mo ago
  Additional citation: Graphs About Religion: When Are Half Your Members Going to be Dead? - https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-are-half-your-members-going https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-are-half-your-mem... - January 29th, 2026 https://gist.github.com/ryanburge/2034b9dea297f6b4db4ebad7e832a83b https://gist.github.com/ryanburge/2034b9dea297f6b4db4ebad7e8...

10 points by alamortsubite 8mo ago

I would have expected Idaho to be a lot higher than Wyoming. Just anecdotally I have only met LDS (Mormons) and unaffiliated. Curious what part of Wyoming the nationalists are hiding in. I also expected to find a lot of far right but I mostly just find people that like me wanted freedom. i.e. to be left alone. There are Trumpers but that's about it. There are no political parties or religions for me. I found an old article [1] but it does not give me a specific location. I want to know where to stay clear of. [1] - https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/23/wyoming-attorney-says-christian-nationalism-has-highjacked-republican-party/ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/23/wyoming-attorney-say...

SilverElfin 8mo ago

This is a good time to point out that Project 2025, which is the basis of the Trump 2.0 administration, is mostly authored by a Christian nationalist. That person is Russell Vought, who is now in charge of the OMB (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought) even though he has no qualification for this position. And also, he is very literally anti constitution (https://www.wakeweekly.com/columns/russell-vought-isnt-wrong-about-our-post-constitutional-moment-cde2d1d5 https://www.wakeweekly.com/columns/russell-vought-isnt-wrong...) and wants to replace our laws with laws rooted in Christianity - part of a movement called Integralism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integralism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integralism).

toomuchtodo 8mo ago

I’d be curious how this squares with 100,000+ churches that are expected to close in the next few years in the US. From a longitudinal study perspective, one would expect dominance to decline as structural systems it relies on head towards failure. 15,000 churches could close this year amid religious shift in U.S - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46484284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46484284 - January 2026

toomuchtodo 8mo ago
Additional citation: Graphs About Religion: When Are Half Your Members Going to be Dead? - https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-are-half-your-members-going https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-are-half-your-mem... - January 29th, 2026 https://gist.github.com/ryanburge/2034b9dea297f6b4db4ebad7e832a83b https://gist.github.com/ryanburge/2034b9dea297f6b4db4ebad7e8...