{"id":223,"date":"2019-03-05T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ronrecord.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/11\/why-the-religious-right-is-republican\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:42:04","slug":"why-the-religious-right-is-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ronrecord.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/why-the-religious-right-is-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Religious Right Is Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Recently I came across two graphs that reveal the secret motivation behind the close ties between the religious right and the Republican party. The first graph below demonstrates clearly that, at least for the last 60 years, income growth rates for Americans is significantly lower under Republican administrations. For <\/strong><i><strong>all<\/strong><\/i><strong> income brackets. 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