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January 19, 2026

How Religion Shapes the Politics of Young Americans

Surprising, and unsurprising, statistics.

It’s hardly surprising to learn that the more often an American attends religious services, the more likely he or she is to vote Republican; so too for non-attendance and Democrats. But Ryan Burge manages to find much that is not obvious in digging into these data, focusing on the survey results for younger people. He begins by observing how unusually clear the correlations are, and then notes that 

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