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Religion and the
Presidential Vote, 1960 vs. 2000-2004 |
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Vote Choice: |
Change in GOP% |
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1960 |
2000-2004 |
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Nixon |
Kennedy |
Bush |
Dem |
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Mainline
Protestant |
69.7 |
30.3 |
54.8 |
45.2 |
-14.9 |
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Evangelical
Protestant |
64.5 |
35.5 |
75.7 |
24.3 |
+11.2 |
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Other
Christians (Mormons, E. Orthodox) |
57.6 |
42.4 |
75.0 |
25.0 |
+17.4 |
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Liberal
Faiths (Unitarians) |
56.3 |
43.8 |
20.8 |
79.2 |
-35.5 |
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Unaffiliated |
40.7 |
59.3 |
31.7 |
68.3 |
-9 |
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Roman
Catholic* |
23.9 |
76.1 |
51.4 |
48.6 |
+27.5 |
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Black
Protestant |
16.8 |
83.2 |
10.3 |
89.7 |
-6.5 |
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Jewish |
9.1 |
90.9 |
24.7 |
75.3 |
+15.6 |
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ALL |
49.9 |
50.1 |
50.3 |
49.7 |
+0.4 |
Source: 1964 Anti-Semitism Survey (N=1975)
National Surveys of Religion and Politics, 2000 and 2004 (N=9,000)
*all Catholics in 1964, white non-Latino Catholics in 2000-2004