The Democratic Party has a God problem

[Expatreprocedit]

Both major parties have a God problem. The specifics of the problem just differ in each case.

 

[ATraveller]

What phrasing would you suggest?

I think this would minimize the problem:

as its base became -]more educated, less religious and more urban/-] less religious, more urban and more likely to have attended college, this problem has only grown.