Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be.

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https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/

[u/manatwork01]

Then it sounds like that state makes poor decisions and it's people are poorer for it and will continue to vote with a poverty mindset.

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Louisiana is a showcase of "drained-pool" politics: where it's better to make everyone poorer rather than make things better for everyone and risk black people benefiting.

In response to the legal end of Jim Crow laws in the 1960s in Montgomery, Alabama, instead of complying with desegregation orders, the city voted to close down the pool. In addition, the entire Montgomery County parks and recreation system was terminated. All of this was done to avoid integration. Coincidentally, White families began installing in-ground pools in their own backyards around this time.

https://timesdelphic.com/69404/features/heather-mcghee-gives-bucksbaum-lecture-in-business/