Can atheists get elected to office?

[TaraJo]

Poll after poll after poll tells politicians the same thing: there isn't anything they can identify as that would be less popular than atheist. Open atheists can get elected, but it doesn't seem to happen all that often. But even that varies from region to region. In California or New York, an atheist would stand a much better chance than they would down here in Texas. Atheists also poll better in urban areas than in rural areas.