> Republicans represent half the country

This statement isn't necessarily wrong because about half of elected government officials are Republican, but I want to point out that less than 60% of eligible Americans voted in 2024, so we're talking about <30% of Americans who vote Republican.

27%* https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-politi...

>some isolated sect living in small town Appalachia.

Calvinists or Evangelicals?

I don't think that holds water either way.