Protestant affiliation has dropped sharply in the US over the past 15 years, with only 36 per cent of Americans identifying themselves as Protestant last year compared to 50 per cent in 2003, according to a new analysis for ABC News.
The decline among what remains the nation’s prevalent religious group includes an eight-point drop in the number of evangelical white Protestants, the study of ABC News and Washington Post polls by Langer Research Associates shows.
