In politics, sometimes itÔÇÖs what you donÔÇÖt talk about that matters.
Democrats and Republicans planning their political campaigns for 2014 and 2016 may be focusing on the Hispanic demographics in the United States, but perhaps they should turn their focus on another rising group: the ÔÇ£nones”
One-fifth of the U.S. public is religiously unaffiliated, according to a 2012 Pew Research Study, and that number rises to a third when calculating adults under 30. While nones include atheists and agnostics, 68% of nones do believe in God.
ÔÇ£The nones tend to be younger, and they are not what I would call conventionally religious,ÔÇØ says Karlyn Bowman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ÔÇ£They are not necessarily Richard Dawkins.ÔÇØ She compares them to many people in Western Europe who believe without belonging to a church or being a member of an organized religion. She says the rise of the nones is ÔÇ£definitely something to watch.ÔÇØ
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