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10 June 2005

The Twelve Tribes of American Politics Did you know the Religious Left is just as big as the Religious Right? The groups that make up the U.S. political landscape are much more nuanced than you think.
Interesting that the religious right votes much more solidly conservative (88% Bush) than the religious left votes liberal (70% Kerry). meaning, I suppose, that the Religious Right is more right than the Religious Left is left?

Interesting breakdown. I never realized that Jews were only 1.9% of the voting population.
posted by rumple 10 June | 14:24
"much more nuanced than you think"
Not really. The split in the US seems to be more about the religious vs. the secular than about left vs. right.
posted by arse_hat 10 June | 14:34
We got twelve tribes
We got the bomb
We got the bomb-yeah
Sock it to me biscuits-now

Are we living in a land
Where sex and horror are the new gods?
Yeah
posted by Hugh Janus 10 June | 15:04
that was a kinda weird breakdown. How do they determine who 'counts' as "religious right" as opposed to "heartland warrior" or whatever? And why do "latinos" and "jews" get designated as their own tribes, when politically and religiously they're pretty diverse? Those don't seem equivalent to me to some of the other groups...

But as I said, I'd like to know how they're drawing the lines to start with.
posted by mdn 10 June | 15:31
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