{"id":19347,"date":"2011-12-02T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/white-evangelical-protestants-and-the-partisan-divide\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:55","slug":"white-evangelical-protestants-and-the-partisan-divide","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/12\/02\/white-evangelical-protestants-and-the-partisan-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"White Evangelical Protestants and the Partisan Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 18% of Americans are white Evangelical Protestants, but they make up nearly four-in-ten members of two core Republican groups in the Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"\">Political Typology<\/a>. White Evangelicals make up 43% of Republicans who fall into the category of Staunch Conservatives and 39% of those who fall into the category of Main Street Republicans. Main Street Republicans differ from Staunch Republicans in the degree of their conservatism.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two other groups identified in the typology draw one-fifth or more of white Evangelicals into their ranks \u2013 they are Disaffecteds, who are considered as independents but lean towards the Republican Party, and Hard-Pressed Democrats. Both groups are religious, socially conservative, critical of government and concerned about immigrants. White Evangelicals comprise 28% of Disaffecteds and 20% of Hard-Pressed Democrats.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very few Solid Liberals (4%) or Post-Moderns (2%) are white Evangelical Protestants. On the contrary, these two groups are the most likely to be religiously unaffiliated (atheist, agnostic, or no religious affiliation). Four-in-ten of Solid Liberals and 31% of Post-Moderns are unaffiliated, compared with 18% of Americans overall. Post-Moderns are well-educated, financially comfortable, and strong supporters of Barack Obama in 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2011\/05\/04\/section-3-demographics-and-news-sources\/?src=prc-number\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly 18% of Americans are white Evangelical Protestants, but they make up nearly four-in-ten members of core Republican 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