bedstuy
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« on: November 24, 2012, 10:07:37 PM » |
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Religion has a lot to do with it. Vermont has the lowest church attendance of any state in the country. Democrats have won non-believers by large margins in recent elections. The people who do attend church are generally members of mainline denominations which skew Democrat compared to evangelical or non-denominational Christian churches.
USA, ~16% of people are religiously non-affiliated, Vermont: ~34% religiously non-affiliated
USA, ~26% evangelical, Vermont: ~2%.
What if the USA had these religious demographics?
Quick dirty math: Obama won 7/10 non-affiliated voters, Obama won 2/10 evangelicals, Obama won almost 6/10 of everyone else. Assuming that holds true, if the electorate had the same religious affiliation as Vermont, Obama would have won the popular vote with over 60%.
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