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Just looking at Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, you might not think of them as cultural pioneers. But the Republicans make up the first presidential ticket in history not to feature a Protestant.\u00a0Romney is Mormon, Ryan, Catholic. That might not seem like such a big deal \u2014 especially when you consider they are running against the first African-American president. But all of these individuals are emblematic of an enormous shift in both American demographics and political power. Fifty years ago, the military, foreign service and top political offices were all dominated by WASPs \u2014 white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
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Just looking at Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, you might not think of them as cultural pioneers. But the Republicans make up the first presidential ticket in history not to feature a Protestant.\u00a0Romney is Mormon, Ryan, Catholic. That might not seem like such a big deal \u2014 especially when you consider they are running against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe End Of WASP-Dominated Politics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just looking at Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, you might not think of them as cultural pioneers. 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