It’s likely not a coincidence that a growing movement on the Right is seeking to remake America as a Christian nation at a time when staunch believers are becoming a minority.

Faith in a higher power is declining most rapidly among the young. Among 18 to 34-year-olds, the share with no doubt in the existence of God fell from 64 percent in 1993 to 38 percent in 2021. That current generation of doubt and disbelief will settle down and form families of their own, raising children who never set foot in a traditional church, virtually guaranteeing further erosion of belief in the coming decades.

Declining belief is also concentrated primarily on the left, and to a lesser extent among political independents. Unwavering faith among Democrats fell from a high of 69 percent (nice) in 2000 to 39 percent in 2021. Republican faith, on the other hand, hasn’t changed much — it stood at 74 percent in 1998, compared to 66 percent today.