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handle is hein.amenin/aeiachw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * In mcen e tions, thee has been signficant continuity in how most re iaoous de niations vote but anew de-lornent-the rise of the nones-may be consequential in the futre. * Even as the rligiously unaFflated gr as a share of the electorate reigious groups--- white evargeical and born-agai Chrstians, in particular-have not ost ground as infiuencers in electora politics. * When considered in the context of broader religious trends in America, the discussion and data about reigion and reliious voters i 2016 provide rew insights into the ways relhcuion in Arnerica is shaping American politics. In their postelection analyses, two highly regarded polling organizations, the Pew Research Center and the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), describcd religious voters in thie 201.6 election in similar terms. Pew's preliminary analysis of these voters began: The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of US. religious groups. PRRFs Director of Research Daniel Cox wrote: in an election that provided a slew of unrecdictablc turns, the religion vote broke along strikingly familiar lin.cs The Pew compilation of presidential exit poll data in Table I demonstrates notable continuity over five consecutive oresidential elections among most groups, While the alignrets were tanilar in tcrms of votes cast. this topline view misses significant story lincs aboout religion in. this election. When considered in the context of broader religious trends in America, the discussion and data about religion and religious voters in 2o6 provide new insights into the ways religion in America is shaping American politics. The New Nones In an article written shortl' after the election, Democranc politicl strategist Stanley Greenberg discussed what mans Democrats and progressives call the ising American Electorate, the coalition of millennials, minorities, and single women that were thought: o be the key to a Demnocratc victory in 2016 and forever after. But in his postelection surniation, Greenberg added another group---- secular people) This group is also called the religiously unaffiliated or the nones. Pollsters use the three terms interchangeably, as is the case in this article, 'l.e noncs have become an important political group. Those who checked the box None on the cxt poil when asked about thir religion voted soldly for Hillary Clinton, 6- to 25 percent (these numbers differ slightly from those in T'able 3because exit poll numbers are updated throughout election night),4 They supporteud Cinton more than muillennial.s or

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