Most to Least Religious States

In the article of Most to Least Religious States, they measured on how a religious states is by how much they attend church, pray, and how much God is important in their lives. Someone can also be "highly religious" in their terms if the people report high religious behaviors acts. Political scientist might be interested in how religious a state is because it may influence peoples opinions on a certain laws or problem going on in the United States. While other less religious people may respond differently to a law or policy trying to be put in place.