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The \u201cOther Christian\u201d category includes other minority Protestants as well as Protestants who declined to provide their race and a few white Protestants who were not asked the evangelical\/born-again question; other minority Catholics as well as Catholics who declined to provide their race; Mormons; and Orthodox Christians. The \u201cAll others\u201d category includes Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, members of other faiths, and those who declined to provide their religion; individually, each of these groups accounts for 2% or less of all registered voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cOther Christian\u201d category includes other minority Protestants as well as Protestants who declined to provide their race and a few white Protestants who were not asked the evangelical\/born-again question; other minority Catholics as well as Catholics who declined to provide their race; Mormons; and Orthodox Christians. 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