Abstract
Abstract The chapter discusses the relation between religion and voting in Germany. In particular, it focuses on the relation between membership in a Protestant or Catholic Church, church attendance, and voting for the Christian Democratic parties in Germany (the CDU and CSU). It combines a historical perspective—which traces the roots of the relation between religion and voting back to the politics of the late nineteenth century—with a more contemporary perspective, highlighting the development of the relation between religion and voting from 1980 to 2010 with data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). The survey data show that denominational differences and church attendance continue to influence the vote for the Christian Democrats. Although Church membership and church attendance are in decline, their influence on Christian Democratic voting has only slightly weakened, even if left–right self-placement is controlled for.
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