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Recent statistics on young evangelical's politics and 'Christian fundamentalist religions.'

2:1   Ratio of self-identified Republicans to Democrats among evangelicals ages 18-29.

4:1   Ratio in 2005.



70%   Evangelicals 18-29 who favor "making it more difficult for a woman to get an abortion."

55%   Evangelicals 30 and older who favor this.



31%   Americans who say they have a favorable impression of "Christian fundamentalist religions."

31%   Americans who say they have an unfavorable impression (the rest say they haven't heard enough to say or are unsure).



Related Elsewhere:

See our earlier Go Figure postings from November 2007, October 2007, September 2007, August 2007, July 2007, June 2007, May 2007, April 2007, March 2007, February 2007, January 2007, December 2006, November 2006, and earlier issues.

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