A Growing Share of Republicans Rarely Go to Church. That’s Good News for Trump.

 A Growing Share of Republicans Rarely Go to Church. That’s Good News for Trump.

The religious right’s grip on the GOP is weakening.

Trumps sizable margin of victory among these low attenders yielded a tremendous number of voters. In 2016, 39 percent of all Republican voters attended church less than once a year. In comparison, ju…