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30 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
@pewresearch are you asking about changes in religious identification? If not, could you start asking? Some 2016 white evangelicals no longer identify as evangelical. It's hard to tell how many have left & how their views have shifted on politics AND religious affiliation.
I've seen estimates that as many as 20% of white evangelicals have shifted religious affiliation in the past 5 years. There's no way to gauge real numbers & how this relates to shifts in political support without asking about CHANGES in religious self-identification. 20% is huge.
I first heard the 20% figure in this article citing @PaulDjupe . Anecdotally, this fits what I am hearing from pastors, who are also telling me that a lot of the younger adults have not returned after in-person services restarted.
newrepublic.com/article/161772…
@PaulDjupe also has a helpful blog post on changes in evangelical affiliation here: religioninpublic.blog/2021/03/01/exv…

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