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Republicans, Democrats, Religion

As a Repulican or Democrat...are you religious or not?

  • I'm Republican and I am religious.

    Votes: 1 4.5%

  • I'm Republican and I am NOT religious.

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • I'm Democrat and I am religious.

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • I'm Democrat and I am NOT religious.

    Votes: 11 50.0%
  • Total voters
    22
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I've been seeing a lot of posts lately making the basic claim that Republicans = religious and Democrats = non-religious. So this is making me curious...how many here identify as Democrat and non-religious? How many Democrats are religious? How many Republicans are not religious and how many are religious?

And yes, I know that this is only focusing on two party groups. If you are neither Republican or Democrat then this question isn't for you. Simple as that.
 
Inb4 you get flak about only including Republicans and Democrats. Really, there's an easy way to answer that: One's own voting pattern.
 
Kal'Stang said:
I've been seeing a lot of posts lately making the basic claim that Republicans = religious and Democrats = non-religious. So this is making me curious...how many here identify as Democrat and non-religious? How many Democrats are religious? How many Republicans are not religious and how many are religious?

And yes, I know that this is only focusing on two party groups. If you are neither Republican or Democrat then this question isn't for you. Simple as that.
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You should have made it lead right vs. lean left rather than Republican vs. Democratic.
 
Kal'Stang said:
I've been seeing a lot of posts lately making the basic claim that Republicans = religious and Democrats = non-religious. So this is making me curious...how many here identify as Democrat and non-religious? How many Democrats are religious? How many Republicans are not religious and how many are religious?

And yes, I know that this is only focusing on two party groups. If you are neither Republican or Democrat then this question isn't for you. Simple as that.
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My experience is that R's and D's are equally likely to be what I'll call a "common religious American" -- a middle-of-the-road Christian. But our modern version of revivalists -- fundamentalists and Evangelicals -- are almost entirely Republican. Religious people who aren't Christian seem more likely to be Democrats. As far as atheists and agnostics, I actually don't see a clear break-down. While it seems to be often assumed Democrats are more likely to be atheist (and that may even be true statistically -- I'm not sure), I have met a substantial number of atheist Republicans. They tend to be more "old school" and less likely to be on board with a lot of the social stances the Republicans have recently taken on, so many of them are perhaps moving towards the libertarian party.

*Didn't vote. Not a D or an R. Unaffiliated atheist progressive that many D's don't particularly like.
 
Kal'Stang said:
I've been seeing a lot of posts lately making the basic claim that Republicans = religious and Democrats = non-religious. So this is making me curious...how many here identify as Democrat and non-religious? How many Democrats are religious? How many Republicans are not religious and how many are religious?

And yes, I know that this is only focusing on two party groups. If you are neither Republican or Democrat then this question isn't for you. Simple as that.
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I am a conservative independent therefore I did not participate in the poll. I will say that not every democrat is non religious and not every republican is religious. However you will find many more anti's in the democrat party.
 
ObamacareFail said:
I am a conservative independent therefore I did not participate in the poll. I will say that not every democrat is non religious and not every republican is religious. However you will find many more anti's in the democrat party.
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My question to you then is: are the Dems really anti religion, or or they protecting the 1st amendment? I think that question really has a lot to do with the OP in my view.
 
Kal'Stang said:
I've been seeing a lot of posts lately making the basic claim that Republicans = religious and Democrats = non-religious. So this is making me curious...how many here identify as Democrat and non-religious? How many Democrats are religious? How many Republicans are not religious and how many are religious?

And yes, I know that this is only focusing on two party groups. If you are neither Republican or Democrat then this question isn't for you. Simple as that.
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That's an oversimplification. People on the left are less likely to wear it on their sleeve, and are less into prayer in the public square.
 
Interesting graph on google. Don't know the context though.

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A lot of people like to claim they are "independent", but the fact is that for all intents and purposes if you almost always vote Republican, then you are a Republican. If you almost always vote Democrat, then you are a Democrat. I am a Democrat. I don't always vote Democrat, and I sure don't agree with the party on everything, but I vote Democrat a hell of a lot more than I do Republican. Oh, and while I used to be religious, I am not anymore.
 
It's really not true. Most Democrats are religious. But the Republican party is loudly opposed to the non-religious, and to those who aren't mainstream religious. That's why there were all manner of debates about whether or not Mormons counted as "real" Christians back in 2012. Because the right wing is explicitly only for "real" Christians and some Jews. The left, meanwhile, is inclusive of everyone. Though some religious perspectives are opposed to inclusiveness, and thus don't find the left palatable. This is why more fundamentalist religions, like the Evangelical movements, don't mesh with the left. They'd theoretically be welcomed, but their demand that everyone live according to their values puts them at odds with a platform of inclusiveness.

Obviously, this makes the non-religious movements, which are generally all about making society a completely inclusive and safe place for everyone, regardless of their beliefs, much more at home on the left. But the Democratic party's platforms are in no way anti religion. They are much more likely to be hostile to the non-religious than to the religious. But they don't try to enforce the ideas of a few strident brands of Christianity on everyone else.
 
jet57 said:
My question to you then is: are the Dems really anti religion, or or they protecting the 1st amendment? I think that question really has a lot to do with the OP in my view.
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Well...let's see....they have virtually banned religion in any form in the public school system. They have attempted to ban religion at all government buildings. I am not claiming that all dems fall along those lines however an enormous number of them do. Personally I don't think they understand the first amendment.
 
ObamacareFail said:
Well...let's see....they have virtually banned religion in any form in the public school system. They have attempted to ban religion at all government buildings. I am not claiming that all dems fall along those lines however an enormous number of them do. Personally I don't think they understand the first amendment.
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Banning and protecting the 1rt amendment are two different things. When you use the word [i[banning[/i] as you do, it inclines me to believe that you are taking the evangelical Christian understanding to the question.
 
ObamacareFail said:
Well...let's see....they have virtually banned religion in any form in the public school system. They have attempted to ban religion at all government buildings. I am not claiming that all dems fall along those lines however an enormous number of them do. Personally I don't think they understand the first amendment.
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They've also largely banned Islam from the public school system, and from government buildings. Ditto that for Buddhism. You're just one of those "Holy Grail half empty" type people.
 
Seems to me that Catholics and Jews are overwhelmingly Democrat. Racist religious groups such as Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, Wright's United Trinity and the AME church are almost exclusively Democrat voters.

On the other hand, Mormons and Evangelical Christian denominations seem to be almost exclusively single-issue Republican voters because of the Dems' pro-abortion stance.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
A lot of people like to claim they are "independent", but the fact is that for all intents and purposes if you almost always vote Republican, then you are a Republican. If you almost always vote Democrat, then you are a Democrat. I am a Democrat. I don't always vote Democrat, and I sure don't agree with the party on everything, but I vote Democrat a hell of a lot more than I do Republican. Oh, and while I used to be religious, I am not anymore.
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I don't agree. I am a conservative independent. I do not vote party. I vote philosophy....in effect I vote for the specific candidate. If democrat Zell Miller, a conservative were running in my district, he would likely get my vote...depending on who he was running against. The republican party these days, at least establishment republicans are more leftwing-lite then conservative. They do vote on and pass a conservative platform at convention time.....and they certainly do send out mailers in the form of surveys that look conservative, however they govern more as moderates. They fear the media and their big donors more then their own constituents. They are just the lesser of two evils.
 
Unrepresented said:
They've also largely banned Islam from the public school system, and from government buildings. Ditto that for Buddhism. You're just one of those "Holy Grail half empty" type people.
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No......I am just a believe in the first amendment to the US constitution. I believe that if a student in a public school wants to say a prayer when class is not in session...he/she should be allowed to do so. If a student or teacher wants to possess a bible in the classroom, they should be allowed to do so. And while I am okay with organized prayer in school, I don't suggest that everyone be forced to participate in it. The left just does not understand the first amendment and the perceived separation of church in state. It was never meant to ban religion anywhere. It was meant to protect religious freedom as well as not force people into religion. It was meant to keep us from becoming a clerical state where one religion is official and all must participate.
 
I didn't vote in the poll as I rarely vote for either party anymore, I usually just vote Libertarian/Green now. Left the Democratic Party in 2010 and never looked back. As for my religious views? I am a deist.

In my experience, plenty of Democrats/Libertarians/Greens are religious despite their social views because they respect the 1st and 14th amendment.
 
ObamacareFail said:
No......I am just a believe in the first amendment to the US constitution. I believe that if a student in a public school wants to say a prayer when class is not in session...he/she should be allowed to do so. If a student or teacher wants to possess a bible in the classroom, they should be allowed to do so. And while I am okay with organized prayer in school, I don't suggest that everyone be forced to participate in it. The left just does not understand the first amendment and the perceived separation of church in state. It was never meant to ban religion anywhere. It was meant to protect religious freedom as well as not force people into religion. It was meant to keep us from becoming a clerical state where one religion is official and all must participate.
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You seem to be unable to grasp the excessive conflicts your ideology would create living in a society as diverse as we are.
 
Unrepresented said:
You seem to be unable to grasp the excessive conflicts your ideology would create living in a society as diverse as we are.
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What ideology are you referring to? I am touting the correct interpretation of the first amendment. What are you touting? Political correctness?
 
ObamacareFail said:
What ideology are you referring to? I am touting the correct interpretation of the first amendment. What are you touting? Political correctness?
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The Charlie Foxtrot resulting from everyone in all public settings expressing their religion without limit.
 
Unrepresented said:
The Charlie Foxtrot resulting from everyone in all public settings expressing their religion without limit.
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But then I am not suggesting religion without limit. I am suggesting nothing more then religious freedom. I am not suggesting that someone should be able to sacrifice a live chicken in study hall of recite prayers loudly during a lecture. What are you on about?
 
I'm Irish/German, 6ft tall, green eyes, dirty blonde hair.

I vote based on ethno factionalism via my ethno nationalist beliefs and views. I voted for Obama the first time, Romney the second, (only because I knew Romney was going to lose anyways and I got a free lunch out of it).


I am not religious at all.



I will vote for Hillary.
 
ObamacareFail said:
But then I am not suggesting religion without limit. I am suggesting nothing more then religious freedom. I am not suggesting that someone should be able to sacrifice a live chicken in study hall of recite prayers loudly during a lecture. What are you on about?
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What you're looking for is what we have. You're seeking to go into chicken sacrificing territory.
 
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