The Christian gap between Congresss and voters

Axios - Members of Congress are more Christian — and more religious — than the American public by wide margins. The discrepancy — a trend also present in state legislatures — provides a window into why policies and debates on abortion, LGBTQ rights and other issues often don't reflect what the majority of Americans want, Axios' Russell Contreras writes.

90% of those in Congress say they practice some form of Christianity, a survey by Pew Research Center and Axios found. The latest survey by the Public Religion Research Institute's American Values Atlas found only 64% of Americans identify as Christian. Fewer than 4% of Congress members say they're unaffiliated with religion or don't know. For the general public, it's 27%.