How To Get The Non-Religious Politically Active

 "The Nones are on the rise! When asked about their religious affiliation, year after year, more and more Americans are choosing “none of the above.” The number of religiously unaffiliated Americans, which includes atheists and agnostics, has been rocketing up over the past couple of decades, and today these Nones make up about one-third of the American population. But they’re not matching their religious counterparts in terms of political organization or cultivating tightly bonded communities, so what’s going on?

"In this episode of Point of Inquiry, Free Inquiry editor Paul Fidalgo talks to political scientist Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Political Research director and Managing Partner at Socioanalitica Research and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Humanist Studies. His article “The Boundaries of Secularism: Who’s in? Who’s Out?” is featured in the October/November 2023 issue of Free Inquiry, and he has some important observations about the rise of the nones and what’s preventing the nonreligious from becoming a social and political force to be reckoned with."

Click on the link below to better understand why, in spite of the reality of there being at least as many "Nones" as Trumpers, the Nones have virtually NO political clout:

The Challenge of Rallying the Nones

Survey About Atheists And Nonreligious People

"The U.S. Secular Survey was the largest and most comprehensive data collection project about atheists and nonreligious people ever conducted."

A must-read to understand the atheist experience within our religious culture.

Click on the link below:

Reality Check: Being Nonreligious in America

It Doesn't Do Any Good Unless You VOTE!!!

"But while these so-called “nones” outnumber any religious denomination, they are not voting as a bloc, and may have little collective influence on the upcoming presidential election."

"Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton may be pleased to learn that these numerous nones overwhelmingly favor her over her GOP rival Donald Trump — 62-21 percent in the poll, which was conducted in late July and early August."

And, voting 3rd Party is a wasted vote. 

Nones Need To Be More Active Politically

"Just as Nones are hesitant to participate in organized religion, they’re also less likely to participate in the political process. Take the disappointing turnout in the 2014 election, in which only 12 percent of voters were Nones, compared with 26 percent for white evangelicals, despite the fact that Nones and evangelicals make up about an equal share of the US population."

Why candidates should start paying attention to the atheists, agnostics, and other “nones.”

An In-depth Look At The Religious "Nones" Spoiled

Talk about spoiling a good story, media misrepresentation of atheists with probably be a consistent problem.  Here is another take on the media's failure to fully check out sources on prominent atheists for this story.

The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion