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Voting while God is watching – does having churches as polling stations sway the ballot?

  • Written by Jordan LaBouff, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Maine
imagePrimary voters at St. Joseph Church in Dover, New Hampshire.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff via Getty Images

Houses of worship may be busier than usual come Election Day as Americans head to the polls rather than the pews.

A 2010 census of religious congregations identified nearly 350,000 churches, mosques, temples and other religious establishments...

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