Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.

I'm Gaelin Drouk and today we're going to take a look at the role that the Black

Church plays in American politics.

On Monday, Georgia Republicans passed a package of voting laws that include limiting

Sunday voting to one Sunday during the state's three weeks of early voting.

As we discussed on last week's podcast, that's notable because it could limit souls to

the polls' initiatives that encourage Black Americans to vote in conjunction with church

attendance.

About 30% of Georgia voters are Black, but in 2020, they made up about 37% of Sunday

votes, that's according to data from Fair Fight Action, a group founded by Stacey Abrams.

But the Black Church plays a much bigger role in American politics than just souls to the

polls.

And I've invited on some experts to help us understand its history and the role that

it plays today in our politics.

So here with me to talk about it all is political science professor at Emory University,

Andre Gillespie.

Her research focuses on race and politics in the United States.

Hello, welcome to the show.

Thank you for having me.

Also here with us is senior researcher at Pew Research Center, Bashir, Muhammad.

Pew recently published a large-scale study looking at faith amongst Black Americans, which

he co-authored, welcome to share.

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