Category Archives: data

The duly elected representatives of the people

Posted on December 19, 2008 by David Hume

Kevin Drum points me to some interesting data from the Pew Forum On Religion & Public Life. Here’s some specific denominational breakdowns….

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GSS blogging….

Posted on December 15, 2008 by David Hume

A week ago I lamented that there just wasn’t enough GSS blogging…I didn’t add that the GSS blogging that I do know of is all Right-of-Center.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it is nice to have a … Continue reading →

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2008 Presidential election, votes by income & education

Posted on December 12, 2008 by David Hume

How the Rich Are Different From You and Me: Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter than places that went for McCain. The subhead is critical here: And it isn’t just about politics. The division is also between … Continue reading →

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Catholics lead interesting lives?

Posted on December 12, 2008 by David Hume

Ross Douthat responds to a post by Bradlaugh on various beliefs in the supernatural: But even extraordinary happenings aren’t, well, all that extraordinary. Religious belief exists and persists in part because religious experiences exist and persist – even if they’re … Continue reading →

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Learning what we already knew

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

Forbes has a piece up, America’s Healthiest And Unhealthiest States. But you could predict the list from Albion’s Seed. Sometimes things never change….

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Using the General Social Survey interface

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

My post, Who prays more, Democrats or Republicans?, has gotten a little link love. First at Daily Dish, and later at Kevin Drum. That’s great; in fact, a fair number of my GSS based charts get picked up around the … Continue reading →

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Who reads the Secular Right?

Posted on December 7, 2008 by David Hume

This website has been around for a little over 2 weeks, and it’s already attracted a lot of attention. So I thought it might be fun to take the pulse of the readership with a few poll questions….

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Atheism makes you a great scientist?

Posted on December 6, 2008 by David Hume

A reader asks, perhaps facetiously: Funny, but given the homage being paid to science in so many of these first threads, I was just wondering if there’s any actual evidence that, in practice, atheists make better scientists than believers. There … Continue reading →

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The Scrooges of Olympia

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Andrew Stuttaford

Well, John (Mr. Bradlaugh), here I am (looks around anxiously, wondering about the strange, godless place in which he now finds himself). And, yes, I’m certainly up for that Christmas drink – and a mince pie too if such delicacies can be found … Continue reading →

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Young anti-abortion & pro-gay?

Posted on December 3, 2008 by David Hume

A commenter below asks if there is any data to back up Ross & Reihan‘s assertion that the young are more supportive of gay rights and more skeptical of abortion on demand. So I looked in the GSS as the … Continue reading →

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