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INTERACTIVE: Religious affiliation of Missouri’s Congress members

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Click the colored regions below to see the religious affiliation of Missouri's congressional representatives.

  Baptist
  Catholic
  Evangelical
  Methodist
  Presbyterian

Topics: Politics, Government & Politics
Beliefs: Interfaith
Tags: ann wagner, baptist, billy long, blaine luetkemeyer, catholic, congress, democratic party, democrats, district, election, emanuel cleaver ii, evangelical, jo ann emerson, methodist, missouri, mo, presbyterian, religion, religious affiliation, representative, republican party, republicans, sam graves, vicky hartzler, william lacy clay

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Comments

  1. Betsy Murphy | Nov 28, 2012 | 11:11am

    Wow - that map sure turns the stereotypes on their heads! Everyone “knows” that southern Missouri is Baptist heavy while the northern half of the state is more likely to be mainline Protestant. You’ve got to show me how you made this map, Kellie!

  2. Kellie Kotraba | Nov 28, 2012 | 11:46am

    Glad you like it, Betsy! As for how it’s made, Andrew Gibson, one of the j-school students on the FAVS team, is the mastermind behind it. (And there’s plenty more where that came from ...) He’s going to work on a “how-to” guide for me – if you’re really interested, I’m sure we could work out a time to do some training.

    – Editor Kellie

  3. Rick Gressman | May 13, 2013 | 10:34am

    @Kellie—apparently the church preference of Congress members does not strictly follow the general population. South Missouri IS majority Baptist. See http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/geog1000/MapLinks/ReligionMaps.html

  4. Kellie Kotraba | May 13, 2013 | 10:37am

    @Rick,

    Thanks for sharing that other map – that’s a great resource! It could be interesting to do a map about the difference demonstrated in these maps (reps vs. people at large), if we get another graphics reporter.

  5. Rick | May 13, 2013 | 10:37am

    Correction: that “@” was for Betsy Murphy.

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