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Views about Christian prayers in public school, by state (lemmy.world)

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Source: Pew Research

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I thought that the deeply religious states were more of a minority. Yikes.

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[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (9 children)

They are. Those areas are thinly populated.

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Unfortunately it's land that votes, not people.

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I thought it was corporations...

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ohio and Florida are thinly populated? Texas has a large area but also population.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

more people moved to texas and florida sine the beginning of the pandemic.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ohio is mostly corn and "Hell is real" billboards.

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[–] evidences@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah but it also has the 7th highest population in the country and a higher population density than California, somehow.

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

California is also big.

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[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

You are forgetting about Grandpa’s Cheese Barn to. Also as another user mentioned it’s a highly populated state

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago*

Just over half of U.S. adults (52%) say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus

Nationwide, a slightly larger share of Americans say they favor allowing teacher-led prayers referencing God (57%)

It's right there in OP.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To learn anything about American politics you need a county level map.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago

just look tht gerrymandered maps.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With size adjusted to account for population! It becomes useless as a map, but significantly more illustrative of the political realities.

The US 2020 Presidential Election Cartogram:

Oh, and here's 2024

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[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Maine is the least religious state but for some reason is gray on the chart. I'm curious about how the question was asked in the study

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[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I grew up in one of those states and it's part of why I'm a certified America Hater today. I genuinely don't think people who haven't been exposed to it, even within the country, but especially outside of it, really have a grasp on how prominent and powerful religion is in the US. Hell, I didn't fully understand it myself until I lived outside of the country for a time and saw what normal is like. This country is a madhouse.

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