this is truly AMAZING.  for all the talk about who won the
election for President Obama, the one demographic that might
have made the biggest difference!  ok, not Atheists per se, but
that growing part of the US population generally referred to as
"the nones".  consider this:  In the swing states, where the
president lost the Catholic and Protestant vote, Obama won a
huge margin of "the nones."  Nationally, he lost Protestants by
15 points and barely won Catholics by 2 points.  70 percent of
the "nones" voted to re-elect the president.   70% of those
unaffiliated with religion went for Obama.  yet from what i can
gather almost no one is mentioning this.  the "nones" make up
about 20% of the US population, which is greater than Hispanics
or Blacks (although there is certainly some overlap).  many in
the non-believer communities have ventured that we are an
untapped voter block that could wield tremendous electoral
influence.  well, the data is in, and we are in fact a force to
be reckoned with.   the question