Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Another Growing Demographic For Republicans To Lose

From the Dish:

President Obama could lose both the Catholic and Protestant vote to the Republican nominee and still win re-election, thanks to the "None/Other vote." A definition:
"Nones" are people without a religious affiliation (this does not mean they are an atheist or agnostic... they may even consider themselves to be religious or spiritual—just not connected to any religious group). "Others" are a survey research catch-all category of people who have non-Christian religious affiliations.
Their voting power:
Twenty years ago the combined None/Other vote amounted to less than 10 percent of the population and the voting electorate. Today, the None/Other population percentage has risen to 22 percent (… and is expected to continue to grow in the future).
The Catholic Hispanic vote will help balance out support on the Catholic side.  Really, Republicans, pissing off all of the growing demographics isn't a long-term strategy for electoral success.  Oh well, if somebody is very determined to commit suicide, you'll have a hard time stopping them.  Hopefully they won't murder everyone else first.

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