Sexuality, Political Polarization, and Survey Reports of Religious Nonaffiliation
Survey estimates of the religiously unaffiliated in the United Statesbetween 20% and 25%make this group one of the largest religious categories in the country. Recent research argues that political polarization pushes political liberals and moderates to report no religious affiliation to distanc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Politics and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 153-170 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Sexual orientation
/ Irreligiosity
/ Atheism
/ Measurability
/ Research method
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | Survey estimates of the religiously unaffiliated in the United Statesbetween 20% and 25%make this group one of the largest religious categories in the country. Recent research argues that political polarization pushes political liberals and moderates to report no religious affiliation to distance themselves from religious conservatives. One key point of polarization behind this phenomenon is sexuality-focused politics, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) rights and discrimination. The current research uses a split-ballot survey experiment to investigate sexuality-focused political polarization as a cause of the reports of religious nonaffiliation. A sample of 2,238 respondents, stratified by sexual orientation (half LGBQ, half straight), completed a brief web survey starting with two randomly ordered series of questions on religion and sexuality. Findings suggest that sexuality-focused political polarization is not likely to be a primary cause of survey respondents' claims of religious nonaffiliation. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048318000433 |