Young voters are increasingly secular. To grow the youth vote, Republicans face a challenge in keeping religious conservatives on board while expanding their reach to atheists and the ‘religiously unaffiliated.’
Conservatives made history this year. For the first time, an avowed atheist addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, the big annual gathering of conservative activists. And atheists occupied an exhibitorÔÇÖs booth, another first.
Jamila Bey, an African American journalist and board member of the group American Atheists, didnÔÇÖt exactly wow the crowd, for whom professions of religious faith and a belief in God are standard fare. But she wasnÔÇÖt booed either. For the atheists, long held at armÔÇÖs length by Republicans, thatÔÇÖs progress.
ÔÇ£Embrace me. Let me vote for GOP candidates,ÔÇØ Ms. Bey said last week at the 41st annual CPAC.
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