Other studies show Americans becoming politically unaffiliated as well, with the number of individuals who identify as independents climbing to a record 42 percent in 2014, according to Gallup.
In Utah, though, Republicans continue to dominate state politics. Voters in November elected an entirely GOP federal delegation and the second largest Republican majority in the state’s House in the past 80 years.
But a recent report by the Utah Foundation showed that religious affiliation is slipping, even in the Beehive State, albeit at a slower pace than the rest of the country.
Utah’s millennials — individuals born between 1980 and 2000 — are the least religious of any generational group in the state, with 30 percent claiming no religious affiliation, according to the report.
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