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Not easily explainable, but a few things I'd point to are 1) again, that the data in the first chart is from the religious institutions themselves, so it says nothing of how many people have a religious mindset but don't practice enough to be official members, and 2) religion isn't the only source of social conservatism. McHenry county has a reputation in the Chicagoland area for being particularly conservative (and even religious), but it is marked in the 35.1-50% range. Part of that probably comes from the suburban soccer mom, gated community mindset that exists in some places out there, rather than from religious convictions. A lot of suburban whites are tacitly racist as well. Point is, the social conservative mindset is not necessarily tied to religion and I would even posit that socially conservative religions are the result of a preexisting mindset and not the other way around.
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