Mormon Political Drift is the Symptom. Religious Decline is the Cause.
Looking at LDS clusters over time on the political compass.
Introduction
I have previously written that, in the Trump era, Latter-day Saints are less likely to identify as Republican and more likely to identify as Independent and Democrat.
But why?
Are the most devout LDS moving away from the Republican party?
Are the less active members who still identify as Mormon moving leftward?
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