---
title: "GOP ID Among Young White Evangelicals"
description: "That's the percentage of young white evangelicals (ages 18-29) who identify as Republicans, a 15-point drop since 2005."
date: "2007-11-12"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/11/12/gop-id-among-young-white-evangelicals/"
---

# GOP ID Among Young White Evangelicals

In 2001, 55% of younger white evangelicals identified as Republicans — nearly three-and-a-half times the number who identified as Democrats, and more than double the number of Americans overall in this age group (ages 18-29) who identified as Republicans. Throughout Bush’s first term, party identification among younger white evangelicals remained relatively stable, but since 2005 the group’s Republican affiliation has dropped significantly — by 15 percentage points. However, the shift away from the GOP has not resulted in substantial Democratic gains; instead it has produced a small increase in the number of Democrats (five-point increase) and a ten-point increase in the number of independents and politically unaffiliated Americans. Republicans now have only a two-to-one advantage over Democrats among younger white evangelicals, compared with a nearly four-to-one edge in 2005 [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/605/young-white-evangelicalsless-republican-still-conservative)