Southern Evangelicals: Dwindling—and Taking the GOP Edge With Them

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3. nope, desperate poor people have been giving to church for years

the older people who were the evangelicals who support reagan and other republicans continue to vote the same and are religious as always.

but the younger generations are not as religious. so while old ones die off the younger ones are not replacing them at the same levels.

many younger wingnut types also tend to be more libertarian types rather than religious.