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SidDithers

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20. The bars show what percentage of each political affiliation is made up of religious traditions...

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 12:40 AM

Jul 2012

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the Republican bar shows that of the "non-religous" who are republicans, a bit less than 1/3 are atheist, a bit more than 1/3 are agnostic and approx 1/3 are secularly unaffiliated.

But the labels on the republican bar show what percentage of all atheists are republican (10%), what percentage of all agnostics are republican (12%) and what percentage of all secularly unaffiliated are republicans (12%).

The labels don't match the bar graph.

The graph should have been done like this:

so it's clear that the vast majority of atheists, agnostics and secularly unaffiliated identify as Democrats or lean Democratic.

Sid

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The Ayn Rand atheists are Republicans and Libertarians. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #1

No data. But I highly suspect... longship Jul 2012 #2

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These are difficult questions longship Jul 2012 #11

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NAP? Haha, that's hilarious. joshcryer Jul 2012 #23

Obama�s atheist problem struggle4progress Jul 2012 #7

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Meh! All one has to do is listen to Republicans. longship Jul 2012 #17

The human facility for self-deception is often in play, I think struggle4progress Jul 2012 #18

Yes, mea culpa! There is always the Ayn Rand cult longship Jul 2012 #21

Two to one democrat:republican in 2004 noamnety Jul 2012 #4

thank you! 67 - 31 for "us" banned from Kos Jul 2012 #8

I have not seen such a poll either RedCappedBandit Jul 2012 #9

Politics and Atheists salvorhardin Jul 2012 #10

Good data, but those graphs are a terrible representation...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #12

You're welcome salvorhardin Jul 2012 #16

The bars show what percentage of each political affiliation is made up of religious traditions... SidDithers Jul 2012 #20

Excellent job with that graph Orangepeel Jul 2012 #22

If this is self-report data, it's worthless. longship Jul 2012 #19