Ideological commitments predict Christian nationalism far more than demographics or party identity

Evidence

The 2007 wave of the BRS contained questions that allow us to assess whether certain theological or ideological beliefs predict higher scores on our Christian nationalism scale, even after accounting for factors like gender, age, income, education, race, region of the country, and so on. Table I. shows the top ten predictors of higher scores on our Christian nationalism scale, ordered from strongest to weakest, though all the relationships are statistically significant. Importantly, almost all socio-demographic factors appear nowhere on the list because many—including race, income, age, or even whether people consider themselves Republicans or Democrats—paled in comparison to the ideological commitments shown here. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 71

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalism robustly predicts authoritarian political attitudes — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 45; Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 214; Christian nationalism is not an exclusively evangelical ideology — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 213 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism predicts ultra-conservatism mainly for white Americans, not Black or Hispanic #qualifies (0.78) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 98
• Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious #corroborates (0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 214
• Christian nationalism robustly predicts authoritarian political attitudes #expands (0.72) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 45
• Christian nationalism is not an exclusively evangelical ideology #qualifies (0.72) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 213