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Recent stats on voting for evangelicals, belief in The Da Vinci Code, and collegiate religion.

64%

13%

78%

Americans who say they would vote for a presidential candidate who is an evangelical.

Americans who believe Jesus’ death was faked and that he married and had a family, the central thesis of The Da Vinci Code.

U.S. college students who say religion plays an important part in their lives.

78%

78%

25%

Americans who said this ten years ago.

Americans who believe Jesus died on the Cross and was resurrected to eternal life, the central thesis of Christianity.

Students who say they are more spiritual since entering college.

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Sources: Ipsos Reid (a CanWest News Service story quotes another Ipsos Reid survey on belief in the thesis of The Da Vinci Code), Harvard University Institute of Policies.

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