Religion decline helps the Democratic Party

[trotsky]

http://www.cheboygannews.com/news/20160906/james-a-haught-religion-decline-helps-democratic-party

...People who tell pollsters that their religion is "none" have increased rapidly to one-fourth of the U.S. population. They're expected to continue rising because one-third of Americans under 30 have ceased worshiping.

This trend has political significance, because those who don't attend church are strongly liberal, progressive and Democratic in their values. The "none" segment may decide the Nov. 8 national election.

"The Decline of Religion is the GOP's Real Demographic Crisis" is the title of a research report by journalist Matthew Sheffield, who is writing a book on the trend.

He points out that Republican Mitt Romney clearly won the 2012 presidential election, as far as U.S. churchgoers are concerned — but churchless voters killed Romney in state after state. Sheffield wrote: "In seven key states — Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and New Hampshire — Mitt Romney won the majority of the Christian vote but ended up losing overall because he was defeated so soundly among non-Christians."

[cleanhippie]

1. Slowly but surely, religion is being seen for the nonsense it is, and being marginalized.

And that's a good thing.


Unfortunately, in some places in the world, the opposite is true. And just look at how discussion all and brutal those societies are.

[Lordquinton]

2. Now we wait

For the Democratic party to start appealing to the non-religious.

[cleanhippie]

3. Don't hold your breath. Pandering to the religious is a national pastime.

[Lordquinton]

4. It's true

Waiting for any party to pander to us would be a waste of time.