Hmmm...
That is so past tense. It bums me out to even say that to you or to anyone. There are so many good reasons to walk away from religion these days.
For me it is a race to a pay-off. In my case, God won. I did too. I made several deals with God over my life asking him to get me through this and that. I promised I'd be a better catholic, I promised God all sorts of things throughout my life if he would just give me what I asked for and needed back then.
One day recently I looked up and around and realized that God had delivered on his end of the deal and I was so busy with my little life that I had not even noticed. It was an eye opening experience for sure.
I think others are in a holding pattern waiting to get theirs before they open themselves up to the Lord. I think a whole lot of them run out of patience never getting what they prayed for and they turn away from their God. I have been there too.
That is why I call it a race to the pay-off. I feel that for many it is a race to see results and believe or not see results and turn from God. I was walking away from God when I realized he had already delivered all to me that I had ever asked for. Now I am paying him back by fulfilling the promises I made to him throughout my life.
Too bad all of that was off-topic and we must get back to this study that indicated you should not vote Republican. It think it was as wrong as this is right: I saw a study recently that confirmed with 100% accuracy that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population. I'm unsure about this other part but it said that five thirds of the remaining 25% have trouble with fractions!