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Source: Pew Research

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I thought that the deeply religious states were more of a minority. Yikes.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They are. Those areas are thinly populated.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's land that votes, not people.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I thought it was corporations...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ohio and Florida are thinly populated? Texas has a large area but also population.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ohio is mostly corn and "Hell is real" billboards.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but it also has the 7th highest population in the country and a higher population density than California, somehow.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

California is also big.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

You are forgetting about Grandpa’s Cheese Barn to. Also as another user mentioned it’s a highly populated state

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

more people moved to texas and florida sine the beginning of the pandemic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just over half of U.S. adults (52%) say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus

Nationwide, a slightly larger share of Americans say they favor allowing teacher-led prayers referencing God (57%)

It's right there in OP.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To learn anything about American politics you need a county level map.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

With size adjusted to account for population! It becomes useless as a map, but significantly more illustrative of the political realities.

The US 2020 Presidential Election Cartogram:

Oh, and here's 2024

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

just look tht gerrymandered maps.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Maine is the least religious state but for some reason is gray on the chart. I'm curious about how the question was asked in the study

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I grew up in one of those states and it's part of why I'm a certified America Hater today. I genuinely don't think people who haven't been exposed to it, even within the country, but especially outside of it, really have a grasp on how prominent and powerful religion is in the US. Hell, I didn't fully understand it myself until I lived outside of the country for a time and saw what normal is like. This country is a madhouse.