GOP lean of parents vs. non-parents is staggering

[Badger]

Also, studies have generally hinted that the causation here goes the other way: if you have kids, you are likelier to become a loony hard-right evangelical. You don't necessary start out that way.

So what is it about having kids that causes people's brains to melt?

Which is why myself and other parents have become increasingly more liberal since the birth of our kids. Republicans are downright risky for the future.

Furthermore, let's take these poles with a grain of salt considering they are being made at a time when Democratic popularity is in a really fast one. Families with children have always tended to be more Republican. You're talking about people that tend to be older than none child in the household families, more economically established, more religious and conservative in general, etc etc

[ملكة كرينجيتوك]

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/maped/ACSMaps/

Change the population group to Children - Enrolled public and click on indicator Income and click on median household income.

The visualizations you get from this go a long way towards explaining why parents seem more R than non-parents in many places. It's interesting to see which districts have higher household income gaps between enrolled public K-12 students and the general population.

[ProgressiveModerate]

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/maped/ACSMaps/

Change the population group to Children - Enrolled public and click on indicator Income and click on median household income.

The visualizations you get from this go a long way towards explaining why parents seem more R than non-parents in many places. It's interesting to see which districts have higher household income gaps between enrolled public K-12 students and the general population.

I’d be curious is the parent - non parent divide has and will continue to close with the economic divide.  Ds increasingly win more upper-middle clsss college voters while GOP has been gaining with poorer folks especially in rural areas.

[mileslunn]

I think age of marriage is another important factor.  If one gets married at 25, they have far more years in which they can have children whereas get married in 35, you are limited.  And generally liberals are more likely to delay marriage into 30s whereas conservatives much more likely to get married in 20s.

Another is just cost of living as Democrats tend to live more in cities and large metro areas where its more expensive so both parents have to work thus meaning less ability to have children.  In much of rural America, cost of living much lower so one parent can afford to stay home and take care of the children.  I suspect you will find if both parents work, there is a lower fertility rate than when only one does.