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Article: Some Americans see an unwavering ally in God.(NATION)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 29, 2006
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One out of five Americans believe in a God who favors the United States in worldly affairs. Among those believers, Republicans are four times as numerous as Democrats.
These findings in a sweeping new survey of American religious beliefs conducted for Baylor University underscore the relationship between religion and politics in 21st-century America.
Nineteen percent of the 1,721 people surveyed said they either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, "God favors the United States in worldly affairs."
Paul Froese, an assistant professor who teaches the sociology of religion at Baylor--a Baptist institution in Waco, Texas--helped devise ...