The correct answer is A) more highly religious people supported the Republican candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the Democratic candidate.
The chart demonstrates that more highly religious people supported the Republican candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the Democratic candidate.
We are referring to the chart that compares people's religious beliefs and their support to political parties in the US Presidential election of 2012.
People who expressed their advocacy to religious beliefs supported the Republican candidate Mitt Romney. On the other hand, Nonreligious people expressed their preference for Democratic candidate Barack Obama. People that sympathize with Republicans tend to be conservative and religious people that profess some type of Christian religion. They support politicians that favor entrepreneurship, spend of the military, value family traditions, and do not like the government increases taxes to support social programs.
The other options of the question were B) more highly religious people supported the Democratic candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the Republican candidate. C) more moderated religious people supported the Republican candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the Democratic candidate. D) more moderated religious people supported the Democratic candidate, while more nonreligious people supported the Republican candidate.
