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A new study by University of Oklahoma sociologist Samuel Perry, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, analyzed decades of General Social Survey data from 1989 to 2024. It found that Americans who scored lower on a cognitive vocabulary test were more likely to say being Christian is important to being 'truly American' and more likely to oppose the Supreme Court's ban on school prayer.
A WIRED analysis of candidates for statewide, federal and state legislative races found hundreds of Republicans linked to hateful ideologies, white supremacist and antisemitic figures, or far-right online groups. The outlet cites data from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights showing over 500 state legislative candidates belong to Facebook groups promoting militias, gun rights and Christian nationalism. Some prominent extremist candidates lost their primaries, but many others advanced to the general election and are considered likely winners.