… Two things I want to accomplish here. First, I wanted to see if two religious groups are as polarized as the parties. Second, I wanted to take it a step further and ask which of those two religious groups is closer to the average American. This exercise was helpful in creating a mental map of where all these groups find themselves in policy space.
I chose two religious groups that are often thought to represent the far ends of the partisan spectrum – white evangelical Protestants (just 16.7% identify as Democrats) and atheists/agnostics (8.2% identify as Republicans). CONT.
Ryan P. Burge (Eastern Illinois U.), Religion in Public
