Axios
US · 2 hrs ago
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Campaigns pay the price for America's secular shift
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Political campaigns face higher costs reaching religiously unaffiliated Americans ('nones'), who now represent a record 29% of the electorate and lack traditional church-based networks for mobilization.
Campaigns pay the price for America's secular shift
America's fastest-growing religious group is also one of the hardest — and costliest — to reach: the "nones."
Why it matters: Religiously unaffiliated Americans now make up a large and growing share of the electorate. But without church-based networks, they're significantly more expensive for campaigns to reach and mobilize.
"Nones" are geographically and socially dispersed.
Campaigns must rely on costly digital ads, canvassing and persuasion to reach them.
By the numbers: A record 29% of Amer
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