Idk I had previously read 25% of primary voters were said to be evangelical, 35 is even worse. The president had about 30% of the electorate in thrall in 2016 that pulled him through the primary. It is high in any case. They have a lot of kids and they rarely defect and seemingly nothing could turn them towards the common good given their rapture bullshit.

I believe every speaker of the house from 2007 to 2022 was catholic. 6 of the scotus judges. They have their own schools, so they have a large number of people groomed to follow the leader to choose from, places like the federalist society further refine them from law school. Now turning point is getting in on the action more generally grooming, and policing, all schools they get in as a hitler youth type organization, for every student and teacher but that’s another story. A story in which Kirk rejected that vision for his own, and the board p®icks of the that faction.

Being appointed judge, or chosen for rep, senate, is a lot about being a known quantity. They donors and party leaders generally want someone that is not going to come down with a case of morals. No do gooderism. They are deathly afraid of their appointees for the bench coming down with chronic Patriotism, the entire reason the federalist society was made was because traditionally it didn’t matter the party that nominated the judge, after they got in there they sided with the country’s interest as they saw fit, to the chagrin of the Republicans. Republican nominees I think ended up being the most progressive justices throughout the 70’s and before.

So they are more than token representation, and dominate a lot of posts for whatever reasons, their large pool of groomed partisans probably being one such reason.