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5 - Secularism and Political Attitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2021

David E. Campbell ,
Geoffrey C. Layman  and
John C. Green
David E. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Geoffrey C. Layman
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
John C. Green
Affiliation:
University of Akron, Ohio
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Summary

Illustrates how secularism is a potent predictor of public opinion that has, heretofore, been undetected. The chapter then digs deeper into the relationship between secularism, nonreligiosity, and politics. By employing the panel version of the Secular America Study that ran from 2010 to 2012 we test whether political views are more likely to lead to secular orientations or the other way around. The results show a backlash: politics drives people away from religion. But they also show that secularism drives political views, even on issues far removed from questions related to church and state. Secularists are firmly planted in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

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secularismparty identificationideologypolitical issuesparty identificationideologyvoting behaviorstructural equation modelspanel surveys
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Secular Surge
A New Fault Line in American Politics
 , pp. 83 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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