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Politics & the godliness gap

Wearisome Bedfellows

From an article examining the effect of religious faith (or happy lack of it) on American politics.

The religion gap is fast becoming the country's widest political division. Those who regularly attend religious services vote Republican by a margin of 2-to-1, and those who do not vote Democratic by the same margin.

Widest political gap? Religion