January 24, 2001 1:40 PM

Economist: But of all the determinants of voting behaviour, religion was the most precise. The more often voters went to church, the more likely they were to vote Republican. As Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster, told the Washington Post: “We have two massive colliding forces. One is rural, Christian, religiously conservative. The other is socially tolerant, pro-choice, secular, living in New England and the Pacific coast.”

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