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Have any studies shown correlation between atheism and particular political affiliations?

• posted by: blueberryfields on 2011-01-07
• tagged: politics, demography
• score: 4

Are there any studies that have been published in peer-reviewed publications, which look into correlations between atheism and political affiliations?

Answer 2065

• posted by: Peter on 2011-01-10
• score: 1

I found one study from Switzerland that shows a correlation between left leaning political attitudes and lack of religious beliefs.

http://jsri.ro/ojs/index.php/jsri/article/viewArticle/48

There is a link to a pdf included on the page.

Answer 2205

• posted by: ja72 on 2011-01-15
• score: 1

The Pew Research Center has done some studies like this. Here is an example.

Answer 2448

• posted by: Colin Mackay on 2011-01-26
• score: 1

Bob Altemeyer’s work on ‘authoritarian’ personalities identifies a link between authoritarian personality and religious attachment, which then further correlates with political affiliation http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

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