By far the dominant approach in the study of religious characteristics and political behavior
has been to analyze different denominations and the varying ways in which each
denomination affects the political behavior of its members. Using a unique data set collected
in South Bend, Indiana, during the 1984 presidential campaign, this paper replicates one
such analysis (Segal and Meyer, 1974) based on neighborhood influences and further tests
its major hypotheses concerning the effects of religion. This paper measures and considers …