== Data on the atheists and no-religion population of Washington plus political makeup ==
== Data on the atheists and no-religion population of Washington plus political makeup ==
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In 2017, the website WorldAtlas.com ranked Washington state as having the 5th highest percentage of atheists in their state.<ref>[http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/states-with-the-most-atheism-in-america.html Percentage Of Atheists In America By State], WorldAtlas.com</ref> According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "[[Nones|no religion]]" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>
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In 2017, as far as the United States, the website WorldAtlas.com ranked Washington state as having the 5th highest percentage of atheists.<ref>[http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/states-with-the-most-atheism-in-america.html Percentage Of Atheists In America By State], WorldAtlas.com</ref> According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "[[Nones|no religion]]" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>