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Source: Pew Research

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I thought that the deeply religious states were more of a minority. Yikes.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They are. Those areas are thinly populated.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's land that votes, not people.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I thought it was corporations...

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ohio and Florida are thinly populated? Texas has a large area but also population.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ohio is mostly corn and "Hell is real" billboards.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but it also has the 7th highest population in the country and a higher population density than California, somehow.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

California is also big.

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

You are forgetting about Grandpa’s Cheese Barn to. Also as another user mentioned it’s a highly populated state

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

more people moved to texas and florida sine the beginning of the pandemic.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To learn anything about American politics you need a county level map.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

With size adjusted to account for population! It becomes useless as a map, but significantly more illustrative of the political realities.

The US 2020 Presidential Election Cartogram:

Oh, and here's 2024

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

just look tht gerrymandered maps.

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Maine is the least religious state but for some reason is gray on the chart. I'm curious about how the question was asked in the study

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.