Within Republican friendship networks, nearly half of their social networks are comprised of Protestants, compared with a third in both Democratic and Independent social circles. The highest proportion of religiously unaffiliated individuals (23 percent) were found in Democratic social circles, compared with 11 percent within Republican networks. Catholics make up about a quarter of friendships across party lines.
Percent of different religions in the friendship networks of adults in the United States in 2022, by party identification
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Evangelical Protestant
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Public Religion Research Institute. (May 24, 2022). Percent of different religions in the friendship networks of adults in the United States in 2022, by party identification [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310918/religious-composition-american-friendship-networks/
Public Religion Research Institute. "Percent of different religions in the friendship networks of adults in the United States in 2022, by party identification." Chart. May 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310918/religious-composition-american-friendship-networks/
Public Religion Research Institute. (2022). Percent of different religions in the friendship networks of adults in the United States in 2022, by party identification. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310918/religious-composition-american-friendship-networks/
Public Religion Research Institute. "Percent of Different Religions in The Friendship Networks of Adults in The United States in 2022, by Party Identification." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310918/religious-composition-american-friendship-networks/
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Percent of different religions in the friendship networks of adults in the United States in 2022, by party identification [Graph], Public Religion Research Institute, May 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310918/religious-composition-american-friendship-networks/