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November 3, 2004
Church participation and voting trends
The social and cultural divisions in the American electorate are best expressed by the sharp divide in voting patterns by church attendance.
Two-thirds of voters who attend religious services regularly (once a week or more) backed President Bush rather than Senator Kerry - and they make up 40% of the electorate.
Those who never attend services, in contrast, backed the Democrats by the same margin - but they make up only 15% of the electorate.
Democrats also ran strongly among unmarried and young people, families with incomes under $30,000 a year, and among the highly educated.
Republicans voters tend to have higher incomes, be located in the South, be married, and are more likely to be white Protestant and male.
But none of these divisions is as sharp as religion in explaining people's votes.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Election reveals divided nation
Posted by thdyck on November 3, 2004
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