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In a shift that stands to impact both religion and politics, survey data suggests that the percentage of Americans who don\u2019t affiliate with any specific religious tradition is now roughly the same as those who identify as evangelical or Catholic.<\/p>\n

According to newly released General Social Survey data\u00a0analyzed by Ryan P. Burge of Eastern Illinois University<\/a>, Americans claiming \u201cno religion\u201d \u2014 sometimes referred to as \u201cnones\u201d because of how they answer the question \u201cwhat is your religious tradition?\u201d \u2014 now represent about 23.1 percent of the population, up from 21.6 percent in 2016. People claiming evangelicalism, by contrast, now represent 22.5 percent of Americans, a slight dip from 23.9 percent in 2016.<\/p>\n

That makes the two groups statistically tied with Catholics (23 percent) as the largest religious \u2014 or nonreligious \u2014 groupings in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cNones have been on the march for a long time now,\u201d Burge said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a constant, steady increase for 20 years now. If the trend line kept up, we knew this was going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shift could signify coming political changes. Evangelicals often lean conservative and are known to have outsized influence on American elections:\u00a0According to exit polls<\/a>, white evangelicals alone made up 26 percent of the electorate in 2016, even as their share of the American population has\u00a0dipped far below that<\/a>, according to Public Religion Research Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvangelicals punch way above their weight,\u201d Burge said. \u201cThey turn out a bunch at the ballot box. That\u2019s largely a function of the fact that they\u2019re white and they\u2019re old.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The chart below tells the story.<\/p>\n

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