Episcopalians and Presbyterians, as well as other WASPs, tend to be considerably wealthier and better educated (having graduate and post-graduate degrees per capita) than most other religious groups in United States, and are disproportionately represented in the upper reaches of American business, law and politics, especially the Republican Party. Numbers of the most wealthy and affluent American families as the Vanderbilts and the Astors, Rockefeller, Du Pont, Roosevelt, Forbes, Whitneys, the Morgans and Harrimans are Mainline Protestant families. COUNT 5
QSN1 What denominations are considered to be wealthier than most other groups? ANS1 Episcopalians and Presbyterians QSN2 Affluent American families are what type of families? ANS2 Mainline Protestant QSN3 What denominations are considered to be better educated than most other groups? ANS3 Episcopalians and Presbyterians QSN4 What political group has a disproportionately large number of Protestants? ANS4 Republican Party QSN5 Other than politics, what areas have a disproportionately large number of Protestants? ANS5 American business, law