Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections
And they're voting in large numbers. In 2022, some 22% of voters claimed no religious affiliation, according to, an expansive survey of more than 94,000 voters nationwide. They contributed to voting coalitions that gave Democrats victories in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona.
“People talk about how engaged white evangelicals are, but you don’t know the half of it,” said Ryan Burge, a professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University who focuses on the interaction of religious and political behavior. __About four in five people with no religious affiliation voted against abortion restrictions in referendums in Michigan and Kentucky.
But atheists and agnostics, though only a third of the nones, punch above their weight, given their heavy involvement in politics. Yet it's not their party alone. The Democratic coalition draws heavily from religious groups — Black Protestants, liberal Jews, Catholics of color. The Black church tradition, in particular, has a highly devout base in support of moderate and progressive policies.
But growing secular constituency doesn't worry Bishop William Barber, a leader in one of the nation's most prominent faith-based progressive movements.
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