Pretty common because for them, politics was their substitute religion. So abandoning it and embracing a proper religion is a logical step.
Young folks that were raised to be heavy into politics as teenagers often find their way into “meme pushed religions” like Eastern Orthodoxy or tradCath (although in both cases are surprised that they’re not in reality what the memes suggest)
16 years of 4chan / 8chan memes glorifying Crusaders or Slavic traditionalism has impacted a generation of young people one way or the other.