Reply #11: They do give more...and a caveat. [View All]

As a former Development officer at a non-profit I would see the annual graphs and polls and pie charts breaking down charitable giving. This is what I remember seeing and taking away from that information.

In total charitable giving, contributions to churches and other religious organizations was counted as a portion of total.

Statistically speaking, people who identify as being "religious" or an "Evangelical" are more likely to lean to the conservative side politically.

So there you have it. It's probably not incorrect to say that self identified conservatives give more than others with different political self identification.

As another poster noted, people with lower incomes give a much higher percentage or their income to charity than those farther up the earnings ladder. That's what always struck me when I looked at the information each year.