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Gallup Poll: Liberal Dems Are Disproportionately Atheist |
December 23, 2004
Update: Americans and Religion
Eighty-four percent of Americans identify with a Christian religion
by Frank Newport
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The arrival of Christmas and the beginning of a new
year provide Gallup an opportunity to review a year's worth of data on
Americans and their religion, with a special focus on Christmas. Here
are 10 interesting observations:
1. Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say it is OK for people to wish others
"Merry Christmas" as a way of spreading holiday cheer....
2. Despite the strong agreement that it is OK to say "Merry Christmas",
the American public does not strongly agree that the tendency to
substitute a more secular greeting has been a bad thing for society....
3. Most Americans -- regardless of religious affiliation -- celebrate
Christmas....
4. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christians.
About 84% of Americans identify with some form of Christianity --
including those who say they are Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, or some
other Christian religion. The rest of the American adult population has
no religious identification (9%), identifies with a non-Christian
religion (5%), or has no answer at all when asked about their religion.
These estimates are based on a compilation of over 12,000 interviews
conducted by Gallup in 2004....
5. Younger Americans are much less likely to identify as Protestant than
are those who are older....
6. The number of Americans who identify as Catholics has been remarkably
constant for many years....
7. Those with no religious preference are likely to be liberal,
Democrats, younger, and to live in the West.
The 9% of Americans who say they do not identify with any religion
whatsoever tend to be politically liberal, Democrats, independents,
younger, living in the West, students, and those who are living with
someone without being married.
This table displays the percentage within each of these subgroups who do
not identify with any religion, or who explicitly say they are atheist
or agnostic.
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
Living together, not married 18
18- to 29-year-olds 16
Never married 16
Live in West 15
Politically independent 15
Students 15
Men ages 18-49 14
8. More than 4 in 10 Americans attend church weekly.
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10
Americans claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is
based on the responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say
they attended church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to
the interview. Second, 34% of Americans say they attend church at least
once a week and another 10% say they go almost every week. (Only 14% of
the public say they never attend church.)....
These survey measures of church attendance have not changed materially
during the last decade.
9. The demographics of church attendance
There are significant differences within subgroups of the American
population in terms of self-reported church attendance:
* Women are more likely to attend church than men.
* Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
* Those Americans 18- to 29-years-old are least likely to attend
church while those ages 65 and over are most likely to attend.
* Church attendance is highest in the South and lowest in the West.
* Those households that make under $30,000 a year are less likely
to attend church than those that make more.
* Republicans are much more likely to attend church than
independents or Democrats.
* Catholics are less likely to attend church than Protestants.
10. Religion is very important to a majority of Americans.
Religion is very important to about 6 out of 10 Americans, while another
quarter say that religion is fairly important in their lives. Only 16%
of Americans in 2004 said that religion was not very important to them.
This measure of the personal importance of religion to one's daily life
has not changed much during the last decade....
Religion is of most importance to women, blacks, older Americans, those
living in the Midwest and South, those with lower levels of education
and income, Republicans, conservatives, and Protestants.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,002 national adults,
aged 18 and older, conducted Dec. 17-19, 2004. For results based on the
total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±3 percentage points. For results based on the 478
national adults in the Form A half-sample and 524 national adults in the
Form B half-sample, the maximum margins of sampling error are ±5
percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14446
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So 20% of liberal Dems are atheists while only 9% of the U.S. population
as a whole is.
Pollsters have long noted that of all the personal characteristics, the
biggest determiner of whether someone votes Republican or Democrat is
their frequency of church attendance. The more frequently they attend
church, the more likely they vote Republican. And the exit polls from
this year's Presidential election confirm it:
Vote By Church Attendance
Total Bush Kerry
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More Than Weekly (16%) 64% 35%
Weekly (26%) 58% 41%
Monthly (14%) 50% 49%
Few Times A Year (28%) 45% 54%
Never (15%) 36% 62%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
The Dems clearly have a problem reaching out to religious voters.
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31 Dec 2004 07:40:43 PM |
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"Gallup Poll: Liberal Dems Are Disproportionately Atheist"
Nah. It's you neocon republicans who are disproportionately religious
nuts.
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"SteveL" <stevelon@deletethisbitntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:FuOdnbqFFp4BYkjcRVnyhg@giganews.com...
"Gallup Poll: Liberal Dems Are Disproportionately Atheist"
Nah. It's you neocon republicans who are disproportionately religious
nuts.
We neocon Republicans are also "disproportionately" in control of the House,
the Senate, the White House, the majority of state governorships, and the
majority of state legislatures.
See if you can *guess* what that may mean for you in terms of future
legislation we "nuts" pass, especially since we observe you Democrat losers
repeatedly and consistently insulting us?
Let's see now, will that behavior on your part "make us more inclined to do
nice things for SteveL", or will it "make us more inclined to kick SteveL's
sorry demmie ***** with legislation we will put into law"? Hmmmm.......
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26 Dec 2004 04:19:59 PM |
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"Steven L." <> wrote in message
news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
December 23, 2004
Update: Americans and Religion
Eighty-four percent of Americans identify with a Christian religion
by Frank Newport
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The arrival of Christmas and the beginning of a new
year provide Gallup an opportunity to review a year's worth of data on
Americans and their religion, with a special focus on Christmas. Here are
10 interesting observations:
1. Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say it is OK for people to wish others
"Merry Christmas" as a way of spreading holiday cheer....
2. Despite the strong agreement that it is OK to say "Merry Christmas",
the American public does not strongly agree that the tendency to
substitute a more secular greeting has been a bad thing for society....
3. Most Americans -- regardless of religious affiliation -- celebrate
Christmas....
4. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christians.
About 84% of Americans identify with some form of Christianity --
including those who say they are Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, or some
other Christian religion. The rest of the American adult population has no
religious identification (9%), identifies with a non-Christian religion
(5%), or has no answer at all when asked about their religion. These
estimates are based on a compilation of over 12,000 interviews conducted
by Gallup in 2004....
5. Younger Americans are much less likely to identify as Protestant than
are those who are older....
6. The number of Americans who identify as Catholics has been remarkably
constant for many years....
7. Those with no religious preference are likely to be liberal, Democrats,
younger, and to live in the West.
The 9% of Americans who say they do not identify with any religion
whatsoever tend to be politically liberal, Democrats, independents,
younger, living in the West, students, and those who are living with
someone without being married.
This table displays the percentage within each of these subgroups who do
not identify with any religion, or who explicitly say they are atheist or
agnostic.
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
Living together, not married 18
18- to 29-year-olds 16
Never married 16
Live in West 15
Politically independent 15
Students 15
Men ages 18-49 14
8. More than 4 in 10 Americans attend church weekly.
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Second, 34% of Americans say they attend church at least once a week and
another 10% say they go almost every week. (Only 14% of the public say
they never attend church.)....
These survey measures of church attendance have not changed materially
during the last decade.
9. The demographics of church attendance
There are significant differences within subgroups of the American
population in terms of self-reported church attendance:
* Women are more likely to attend church than men.
* Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
* Those Americans 18- to 29-years-old are least likely to attend
church while those ages 65 and over are most likely to attend.
* Church attendance is highest in the South and lowest in the West.
* Those households that make under $30,000 a year are less likely to
attend church than those that make more.
* Republicans are much more likely to attend church than independents
or Democrats.
* Catholics are less likely to attend church than Protestants.
10. Religion is very important to a majority of Americans.
Religion is very important to about 6 out of 10 Americans, while another
quarter say that religion is fairly important in their lives. Only 16% of
Americans in 2004 said that religion was not very important to them. This
measure of the personal importance of religion to one's daily life has not
changed much during the last decade....
Religion is of most importance to women, blacks, older Americans, those
living in the Midwest and South, those with lower levels of education and
income, Republicans, conservatives, and Protestants.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,002 national adults, aged
18 and older, conducted Dec. 17-19, 2004. For results based on the total
sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±3 percentage points. For results based on the 478
national adults in the Form A half-sample and 524 national adults in the
Form B half-sample, the maximum margins of sampling error are ±5
percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14446
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So 20% of liberal Dems are atheists while only 9% of the U.S. population
as a whole is.
Pollsters have long noted that of all the personal characteristics, the
biggest determiner of whether someone votes Republican or Democrat is
their frequency of church attendance. The more frequently they attend
church, the more likely they vote Republican. And the exit polls from
this year's Presidential election confirm it:
Vote By Church Attendance
Total Bush Kerry
-------------------------------------------
More Than Weekly (16%) 64% 35%
Weekly (26%) 58% 41%
Monthly (14%) 50% 49%
Few Times A Year (28%) 45% 54%
Never (15%) 36% 62%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
The Dems clearly have a problem reaching out to religious voters.
]
The problem is that many voters do see that the Republican party only pays
lip service to these religious values. In truth they have the lowest form of
moral values.
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25 Dec 2004 09:32:44 PM |
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"Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218
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Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
See anybody can distort "facts" to suit there own ends.
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26 Dec 2004 10:00:17 AM |
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Beelzebub wrote:
"Steven L." < > wrote in news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218
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Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
See anybody can distort "facts" to suit there own ends.
That's not inconsistent at all.
On many social issues, blacks are conservative. They are strongly
opposed to gay marriage, for example. Because their churches are
opposed to it.
The only social issue on which blacks are ultra-liberal is affirmative
action. And that's because it's a direct benefit to THEM.
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26 Dec 2004 12:51:08 PM |
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"Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in
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Beelzebub wrote:
"Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in
news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218 @newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:
Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
See anybody can distort "facts" to suit there own ends.
That's not inconsistent at all.
On many social issues, blacks are conservative. They are strongly
opposed to gay marriage, for example. Because their churches are
opposed to it.
The only social issue on which blacks are ultra-liberal is affirmative
action. And that's because it's a direct benefit to THEM.
The point being then that whites are not significant church goers, but
blacks are, meaning that blacks are better christians than white people
are. Right? So might that means then that whites are disproportionately
atheist compared to people of color. Come on what is it? Liberals are
disproportionately atheists, whites are disproportionately atheists, blacks
are better christians than whites, whites aren't good christians, blacks
support only affirmative action, but whites don't, all black churches
dicriminate agains gay people, blacks are ultra-liberal (whatever that
means) when only it suits them but whites are never ultra-conservative only
when it suits them? Bet if you ever thought for youself your head would
explode.
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05 Jan 2005 08:46:40 PM |
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Here's some other interesting results of the poll on the CNN site.
*Jews favored Kerry by 74%!
*Those who believed being "Honest/Trustworthy" were most important
qualities favored Bush by 70%!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
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26 Dec 2004 05:43:09 AM |
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In our last episode <chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Steven L. lept out of the bushes shouting:
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Yes, *say so. It's interesting that follow up studies have trouble finding
about half of them actually in pews however...
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EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe
is fine tuned for life is akin to a puddle being
surprised at how well it fits its hole"
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26 Dec 2004 11:00:06 AM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:43:09 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Steven L. lept out of the bushes shouting:
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Yes, *say so. It's interesting that follow up studies have trouble finding
about half of them actually in pews however...
Is that documented someplace, or is that just a smart remark on your
part?
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On 26 Dec 2004 11:00:06 -0600, (Kate ) wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:43:09 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Steven L. lept out of the bushes shouting:
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Yes, *say so. It's interesting that follow up studies have trouble finding
about half of them actually in pews however...
Is that documented someplace, or is that just a smart remark on your
part?
It's been documented several times.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:43:09 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<alt-atheism@org.webmaster> wrote:
In our last episode <chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Steven L. lept out of the bushes shouting:
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Yes, *say so. It's interesting that follow up studies have trouble finding
about half of them actually in pews however...
There is some ***** people can only handle once or twice a year.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
"Steven L." <> wrote in message
news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
December 23, 2004
Update: Americans and Religion
Eighty-four percent of Americans identify with a Christian religion
by Frank Newport
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The arrival of Christmas and the beginning of a new
year provide Gallup an opportunity to review a year's worth of data on
Americans and their religion, with a special focus on Christmas. Here are
10 interesting observations:
1. Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say it is OK for people to wish others
"Merry Christmas" as a way of spreading holiday cheer....
2. Despite the strong agreement that it is OK to say "Merry Christmas",
the American public does not strongly agree that the tendency to
substitute a more secular greeting has been a bad thing for society....
3. Most Americans -- regardless of religious affiliation -- celebrate
Christmas....
4. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christians.
About 84% of Americans identify with some form of Christianity --
including those who say they are Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, or some
other Christian religion. The rest of the American adult population has no
religious identification (9%), identifies with a non-Christian religion
(5%), or has no answer at all when asked about their religion. These
estimates are based on a compilation of over 12,000 interviews conducted
by Gallup in 2004....
5. Younger Americans are much less likely to identify as Protestant than
are those who are older....
6. The number of Americans who identify as Catholics has been remarkably
constant for many years....
7. Those with no religious preference are likely to be liberal, Democrats,
younger, and to live in the West.
The 9% of Americans who say they do not identify with any religion
whatsoever tend to be politically liberal, Democrats, independents,
younger, living in the West, students, and those who are living with
someone without being married.
This table displays the percentage within each of these subgroups who do
not identify with any religion, or who explicitly say they are atheist or
agnostic.
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
Living together, not married 18
18- to 29-year-olds 16
Never married 16
Live in West 15
Politically independent 15
Students 15
Men ages 18-49 14
8. More than 4 in 10 Americans attend church weekly.
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10 Americans
claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is based on the
responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they attended
church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the interview.
Second, 34% of Americans say they attend church at least once a week and
another 10% say they go almost every week. (Only 14% of the public say
they never attend church.)....
These survey measures of church attendance have not changed materially
during the last decade.
9. The demographics of church attendance
There are significant differences within subgroups of the American
population in terms of self-reported church attendance:
* Women are more likely to attend church than men.
* Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
* Those Americans 18- to 29-years-old are least likely to attend
church while those ages 65 and over are most likely to attend.
* Church attendance is highest in the South and lowest in the West.
* Those households that make under $30,000 a year are less likely to
attend church than those that make more.
* Republicans are much more likely to attend church than independents
or Democrats.
* Catholics are less likely to attend church than Protestants.
10. Religion is very important to a majority of Americans.
Religion is very important to about 6 out of 10 Americans, while another
quarter say that religion is fairly important in their lives. Only 16% of
Americans in 2004 said that religion was not very important to them. This
measure of the personal importance of religion to one's daily life has not
changed much during the last decade....
Religion is of most importance to women, blacks, older Americans, those
living in the Midwest and South, those with lower levels of education and
income, Republicans, conservatives, and Protestants.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,002 national adults, aged
18 and older, conducted Dec. 17-19, 2004. For results based on the total
sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±3 percentage points. For results based on the 478
national adults in the Form A half-sample and 524 national adults in the
Form B half-sample, the maximum margins of sampling error are ±5
percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14446
[
So 20% of liberal Dems are atheists while only 9% of the U.S. population
as a whole is.
Pollsters have long noted that of all the personal characteristics, the
biggest determiner of whether someone votes Republican or Democrat is
their frequency of church attendance. The more frequently they attend
church, the more likely they vote Republican. And the exit polls from
this year's Presidential election confirm it:
Vote By Church Attendance
Total Bush Kerry
-------------------------------------------
More Than Weekly (16%) 64% 35%
Weekly (26%) 58% 41%
Monthly (14%) 50% 49%
Few Times A Year (28%) 45% 54%
Never (15%) 36% 62%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
The Dems clearly have a problem reaching out to religious voters.
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"Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool> wrote in message
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Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
"Steven L." < > wrote in message
news:chpzd.2254$qf5.218@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
December 23, 2004
Update: Americans and Religion
Eighty-four percent of Americans identify with a Christian religion
by Frank Newport
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The arrival of Christmas and the beginning of a new
year provide Gallup an opportunity to review a year's worth of data on
Americans and their religion, with a special focus on Christmas. Here are
10 interesting observations:
1. Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say it is OK for people to wish others
"Merry Christmas" as a way of spreading holiday cheer....
2. Despite the strong agreement that it is OK to say "Merry Christmas",
the American public does not strongly agree that the tendency to
substitute a more secular greeting has been a bad thing for society....
3. Most Americans -- regardless of religious affiliation -- celebrate
Christmas....
4. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christians.
About 84% of Americans identify with some form of Christianity --
including those who say they are Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, or some
other Christian religion. The rest of the American adult population has
no religious identification (9%), identifies with a non-Christian
religion (5%), or has no answer at all when asked about their religion.
These estimates are based on a compilation of over 12,000 interviews
conducted by Gallup in 2004....
5. Younger Americans are much less likely to identify as Protestant than
are those who are older....
6. The number of Americans who identify as Catholics has been remarkably
constant for many years....
7. Those with no religious preference are likely to be liberal,
Democrats, younger, and to live in the West.
The 9% of Americans who say they do not identify with any religion
whatsoever tend to be politically liberal, Democrats, independents,
younger, living in the West, students, and those who are living with
someone without being married.
This table displays the percentage within each of these subgroups who do
not identify with any religion, or who explicitly say they are atheist or
agnostic.
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
Living together, not married 18
18- to 29-year-olds 16
Never married 16
Live in West 15
Politically independent 15
Students 15
Men ages 18-49 14
8. More than 4 in 10 Americans attend church weekly.
The 2004 survey data continue to show that more than 4 out of 10
Americans claim to attend church on a regular basis. This conclusion is
based on the responses to two questions. First, 44% of Americans say they
attended church or synagogue within the last seven days prior to the
interview. Second, 34% of Americans say they attend church at least once
a week and another 10% say they go almost every week. (Only 14% of the
public say they never attend church.)....
These survey measures of church attendance have not changed materially
during the last decade.
9. The demographics of church attendance
There are significant differences within subgroups of the American
population in terms of self-reported church attendance:
* Women are more likely to attend church than men.
* Blacks are significantly more likely to attend church than whites.
* Those Americans 18- to 29-years-old are least likely to attend
church while those ages 65 and over are most likely to attend.
* Church attendance is highest in the South and lowest in the West.
* Those households that make under $30,000 a year are less likely to
attend church than those that make more.
* Republicans are much more likely to attend church than independents
or Democrats.
* Catholics are less likely to attend church than Protestants.
10. Religion is very important to a majority of Americans.
Religion is very important to about 6 out of 10 Americans, while another
quarter say that religion is fairly important in their lives. Only 16% of
Americans in 2004 said that religion was not very important to them. This
measure of the personal importance of religion to one's daily life has
not changed much during the last decade....
Religion is of most importance to women, blacks, older Americans, those
living in the Midwest and South, those with lower levels of education and
income, Republicans, conservatives, and Protestants.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,002 national adults,
aged 18 and older, conducted Dec. 17-19, 2004. For results based on the
total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±3 percentage points. For results based on the 478
national adults in the Form A half-sample and 524 national adults in the
Form B half-sample, the maximum margins of sampling error are ±5
percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14446
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So 20% of liberal Dems are atheists while only 9% of the U.S. population
as a whole is.
Pollsters have long noted that of all the personal characteristics, the
biggest determiner of whether someone votes Republican or Democrat is
their frequency of church attendance. The more frequently they attend
church, the more likely they vote Republican. And the exit polls from
this year's Presidential election confirm it:
Vote By Church Attendance
Total Bush Kerry
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More Than Weekly (16%) 64% 35%
Weekly (26%) 58% 41%
Monthly (14%) 50% 49%
Few Times A Year (28%) 45% 54%
Never (15%) 36% 62%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
The Dems clearly have a problem reaching out to religious voters.
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Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email:
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26 Dec 2004 05:17:43 AM |
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"Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool> wrote in message
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Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
Only if you're a moron
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| User: "Dermot Donovan" |
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26 Dec 2004 11:25:18 AM |
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"kathryn" <bob@bob.com> wrote in message
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"Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool> wrote in message
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Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
It clearly seems a two-party political system is unacceptable anymore. Too
many parties, too many opinions. I respect anybody's right to promote
dictatorship in the U.S. and elsewhere. Just keep in mind, while most
Americans want it, the world will reject it. I have no doubt about it.
DD
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| User: "Kate " |
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26 Dec 2004 01:41:05 PM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:25:18 GMT, "Dermot Donovan" <dnd@dnd.org>
wrote:
"kathryn" <bob@bob.com> wrote in message
news:cqm6km$eb3$1@titan.btinternet.com...
"Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool> wrote in message
news:8ppzd.2988$ct2.1448@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
It clearly seems a two-party political system is unacceptable anymore. Too
many parties, too many opinions. I respect anybody's right to promote
dictatorship in the U.S. and elsewhere. Just keep in mind, while most
Americans want it, the world will reject it. I have no doubt about it.
DD
No most Americans don't want it. It's just that the ones who do, have
messed with the polls. Corruption is not a pretty sight nor does it
help a superpower remain a superpower.
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25 Dec 2004 08:56:38 PM |
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Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
Hey Rove, do you get a cut of the Iraq organ-stealing business? That's
part of the Roverer family business going back to Birkenau, no?
--
Rick (Richard Allen) Hohensee
write-in candidate, President of the United States of America
platform ftp://linux01.gwdg.de/pub/cLIeNUX/interim/platform2
personal webpage http://linux01.gwdg.de/~rhohen
active in Usenet alt.politics colorg on IRC
Maryland, USA
Ground troops out of Iraq Put the CIA under INS Save Darfur
Semi-legalize drugs Prosecute Bush Tighten the borders
Isolate Israel Tax churches halve military aquisitions
government jobs for Iraq-wounded soldiers and 9-11 survivors
please email my platform to friends, blogs and countrymen
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25 Dec 2004 09:05:52 PM |
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Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Tweet, tweet, tweet!
"cLIeNUX user" <r@cLIeNUX.> wrote in message
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humbubba@smart.net
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
Hey Rove, do you get a cut of the Iraq organ-stealing business? That's
part of the Roverer family business going back to Birkenau, no?
--
Rick (Richard Allen) Hohensee
write-in candidate, President of the United States of America
platform ftp://linux01.gwdg.de/pub/cLIeNUX/interim/platform2
personal webpage http://linux01.gwdg.de/~rhohen
active in Usenet alt.politics colorg on IRC
humbubba@smart.net Maryland, USA
Ground troops out of Iraq Put the CIA under INS Save Darfur
Semi-legalize drugs Prosecute Bush Tighten the borders
Isolate Israel Tax churches halve military aquisitions
government jobs for Iraq-wounded soldiers and 9-11 survivors
please email my platform to friends, blogs and countrymen
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26 Dec 2004 06:43:04 AM |
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Krusty wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
How would a moron like yourself know ?
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
Skype callto://hellward
NFS Underground2.MOH PA And AA
Yeowww
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| User: "John Starrett" |
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26 Dec 2004 11:04:45 AM |
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Krusty wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
You really ought to concentrate in an area in which you can make a
contribution. Argumentation is not it.
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John Starrett
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26 Dec 2004 04:35:54 PM |
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John Starrett wrote:
Krusty wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
You really ought to concentrate in an area in which you can make a
contribution.
I think he'd have great success in the fertilizer industry.
Robert R.
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| User: "Robert R." |
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26 Dec 2004 04:36:59 PM |
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John Starrett wrote:
Krusty wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
You really ought to concentrate in an area in which you can make a
contribution.
I think he'd have great success in the fertilizer industry.
Robert R.
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| User: "Tak" |
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25 Dec 2004 08:44:52 PM |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:35:59 -0600, "Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool>
wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
What's it stance on crossposting trolls?
Posted to,
alt.politics.bush,alt.politics,alt.atheism,alt.society.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats.d
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25 Dec 2004 08:55:22 PM |
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Enormous love and gratitude.
"Tak" <notanemail@youspambastards.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:35:59 -0600, "Krusty" <Krusty@KissMyAss.fool>
wrote:
Liberals Hate America. America Hates Liberals.
What's it stance on crossposting trolls?
Posted to,
alt.politics.bush,alt.politics,alt.atheism,alt.society.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats.d
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| User: "John Baker" |
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26 Dec 2004 06:18:17 AM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
<snipped to get to the point>
The Dems clearly have a problem reaching out to religious voters.
Or on the other hand, perhaps religious voters have a problem
distinguishing *real* issues from "moral" ones.
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| User: "Gaias Avenger poki_pongo at yahoo dot com" |
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25 Dec 2004 08:56:16 PM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
Notice the word "or" in the sentence:
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or
Agnostic
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Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future
http://johnnyasia.info
"If you want to know what the future of music sounds like..
listen to Johnny Asia, then you'll know!" - Dom Minasi
"I say play your own way. Don't play what the public wants. You play what
you want and let the public pick up on what you're doing even if it does take
them fifteen, twenty years." - Thelonious Monk
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26 Dec 2004 08:38:54 AM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
IOW, there's a whole bunch of democrats that actually think for
themselves?
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"The commandments carry no internal evidence of divinity with them;
they contain some good moral precepts, such as any man qualified
to be a law-giver, or a legislator, could produce himself, without
having recourse to supernatural intervention.*
Thomas Paine---Founder
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26 Dec 2004 02:22:58 PM |
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<Archie-Leach@getit.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
IOW, there's a whole bunch of democrats that actually think for
themselves?
No, because devotees of the Atheist Faith are the biggest fools of all,
people who are essentially UNable to think for themselves.
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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26 Dec 2004 02:38:42 PM |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:22:58 GMT, "DisgustingDemmieParty"
<PerpetualLosers@Democrats.com> wrote:
<Archie-Leach@getit.com> wrote in message
news:m5jts0tdenpt1dsf5366rvipqhl2hkshej@4ax.com...
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or Agnostic
Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
IOW, there's a whole bunch of democrats that actually think for
themselves?
No, because devotees of the Atheist Faith are the biggest fools of all,
people who are essentially UNable to think for themselves.
What "Atheist faith" would that be, liar?
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| User: "Dana" |
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28 Dec 2004 03:52:05 AM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:22:58 GMT, "DisgustingDemmieParty"
<PerpetualLosers@Democrats.com> wrote:
<Archie-Leach@getit.com> wrote in message
news:m5jts0tdenpt1dsf5366rvipqhl2hkshej@4ax.com...
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:24:08 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
Americans who do not Identify with a Religion or are Atheist or
Agnostic Based on 12,043 Gallup poll interviews conducted in 2004
%
Liberal Democrats 20
IOW, there's a whole bunch of democrats that actually think for
themselves?
No, because devotees of the Atheist Faith are the biggest fools of all,
people who are essentially UNable to think for themselves.
What "Atheist faith" would that be, liar?
Secular humanism, the type practiced by the racist Margret Sanger the
founder of planned parenthood. The type practiced by the Nazi's.
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