Trump Leads the Post Christian Right

Many analysts and ordinary citizens scratch their heads at the alignment of people who call themselves religious but who vote for the non religious Trump and his political allies. It is now becoming apparent Trump and these voters are something we can call the post Christian right. Trump calls himself religious but mostly ignores religion personally. His voters do the same.

The least likely to attend church are those we call blue collar and lower middle income. That group is over represented in the rural and semi rural districts the middle U.S. These areas gave Trump the thin numbers he needed to tip over the electoral college.

This past week the House tipped over to Democrats. The change happened because of support in the suburbs. These suburban House districts, carefully gerrymandered in past years to elect Republicans, are where the largest church membership remains. The majorities there do not relate to claims of being religious while ignoring religion like Trump and his core supporters do. They are more likely to attend their churches and be involved in church life. The suburban House districts do not relate to talking religious but not practicing religion.

I don't think it is possible to know where this is all headed. People are leaving churches and the post religious right is voting in larger numbers. However, the suburban population is growing.

We can say for certain the old brand of religion is behind us and a political realignment has happened.


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  1. tsmNovember 14, 2018 at 1:28 PM

    I'm back after a long hiatus due to serious computer problems.
    that said, a brief comment: whatever Trump's religion or lack thereof, folks vote for him for many reasons, including his pro-life stands, his religious freedom stands, his economic stands (something that you should understand) and even his rhetorical style. That said, I am sure that many voters would vote for rational, moral atheist over a religious knave. Isn't that sorta what they did once upon a time in Fargo? BTW, it seems that I am no longer Mark Anthony.

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    1. Jon LindgrenNovember 14, 2018 at 5:15 PM

      mark anthony--Welcome back. I don't know why your preferred handle got dropped. You can always just write it in the text.
      If you want to be adventurous, you could try to locate The Skrive.com. It is a new Fargo Forum site for blogging and I am posted there as well. Matt is posting his own blog there and Wanna be sure is posting with his real name, Lynn.

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    2. Jon LindgrenNovember 14, 2018 at 5:19 PM

      Here is a link to The Skrive: https://theskrive.com/stories/2196/how-plantsweather-indirectly-determined-our-religion

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