Saying Grace

These days, 44 percent of Americans report saying grace or a similar blessing almost every day before eating; 46 percent almost never say it, leaving just a statistical sliver in between, Putnam and Campbell report in their recently published book, American Grace: How Religion Unites and Divides Us. “We are hard-pressed to think of many other behaviors that are so common among one half the population and rare among the other half...,” Putnam and Campbell write.

From a Religion News article. Putnam and Campbell add that the more often you say grace, the more likely you are to identify with the Republican Party, and the less you say grace, the more likely you are to identify with Democrats.