Comment by scarface_74

> I’d argue their power fell earlier, with the Civil Rights movement: we’ve seen almost monotonic decreases in Christian religiosity since

Unfortunately between the way that Electoral College, gerrymandering and 2 Senators per state works, the religious right has far more influence than their population would call for.

I’m not saying that last years election was caused by that. It was mostly because of the ineptitude of the Democrat party