The portion of U.S. adults who don’t identify with any religious group rose to 24% of the population in 2016 from 14% in 2000, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. But their political influence has lagged behind: Just 15% of voters in 2016 identified as not belonging to a religious group, according to exit polls.
What can we do to turn this number around and get out the vote?
As religious peopel are mostly liker sheep who do what they are told, if a they are told from the pulpit to vte they will feel obligated to do it to "please god" (actually to please church officials).
Non-religious persons tend to (mostly) think for themselves, so itis quite a challenge to get them to do what you want when they don't just blindly follow.
Last April with two other volunteers, we registered 74 high school students to vote, during four, one-hour lunch hours at Wenatchee High School. I was a carnival barker, trying to get students to look up from their smartphones.
"REGISTER to VOTE!" I yelled, dancing and waving my arms. "Right HERE at this table! It takes TWO MINUTES! Bring your lunch tray! The media says you won't vote! PROVE them wrong!"
Beginning this Thursday, we will do it again in September and October 2018.
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@fidla Sounds like a lot of trouble, and I'm tech-challenged. I'll just skip it.