Coke vs. Soda: The Dangers of Apparently Interchangeable Words

Last year, More in Common published a report on the perception gaps surrounding faith in America. Their researchers observed that “non-Evangelicals often overestimate the percentage of Evangelicals who are Republican. Non-Evangelicals estimate that close to two-thirds of Evangelicals are Republican (63 percent estimate) when less than half are (46 percent in reality).” For many people in America today, “evangelical” and “Republican” are like Coke and soda – interchangeable, even if they’re really not.