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The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. In most cases, besides specific sources, the current representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center ...
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Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy. In the United States , Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as farther left ...
The List of United States House of Representatives elections has been split into the following parts for convenience: List of United States House of Representatives elections (1789–1822) List of United States House of Representatives elections (1824–1854) List of United States House of Representatives elections (1856–present)
This election marked the first time since 2016 where Republicans won a majority of the congressional delegation in Pennsylvania and Michigan. [8] [9] This election also marked the first time since 2008 in which Democrats won more than one seat in Alabama, and the first time since 2006 when Democrats won more than one seat in Louisiana.
Political cartoon about the use of anti-Catholic sentiment in Hayes' presidential election. Religious lines were sharply drawn in the North in the Third Party System that lasted from the 1850s to the 1890s. In the South, the Catholics voted the same as Protestants, with race as the main dividing line. [14]
In recent national elections Catholics cast 25 to 27 percent of the ballots. [37] [38] Members of the Catholic Church have been active in the politics of the United States since the mid 19th century. The United States has never had an important religious party (unlike Europe and Latin America).
While Democrats ultimately retained control of the House following the 2020 elections, Republicans made a net gain of 14 seats [2] and the Democrats entered 2021 with a narrow 222–213 House majority. [3] [4] This was the first time since 2004 that the Republican Party made net gains in the House during a presidential election year. This led ...