Religion and political parties in America

To understand the relationship of religion and political parties in the United States one must first grasp the nature of the American party system. As Duverger’s law suggests, ‘first past the post’ plurality elections with single member districts tend to favour a two-party system. The Electoral College also militates against multiple parties and reinforces a long-standing political culture of two-party competition, now baked into public consciousness by the ubiquitous electoral maps of red states and blue states.