[rabidralph]

It’s a constituency he never should have had. I don’t understand how catholics can vote for democrats.

[narses]

“I don’t understand how catholics can vote for democrats.”

It is a long, sad story. The GOP has had too many rabid anti-Catholic nasties over the generations. James Blaine leaps to mind, the GOP/KKK alliance does as well. Ancient history now, but it created generations of loyal dems.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

My dad, rest in peace, always used to say "Democrats are for poor people, Republicans are for rich people."

IMO, the Republican have to change this mindset.

[goodwithagun]

Our former bishop, a USCCB member, put a how to vote flier in our bulletins last election cycle. Guess who he wanted us to vote for? The politicians who promote healthcare as a “universal human right,” and politicians who understand that “no human is illegal.” I put those phrases in quotes because they are the exact language used by the bishop. The USCCB should NOT be surprised or angry about this as they are a group of socialists.

[no dems]

I don’t understand how catholics can vote for democrats.
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Nor do I. But, neither can I understand how folks can go to church and shout, dance, clap, sing and “get in the Spirit” on Sunday and then go into the voting booth on Tuesday and vote for a candidate and/or Party who espouses killing little babies and same-sex marriage. Whassup with that?

[Cicero]

It’s a constituency he never should have had. I don’t understand how catholics can vote for democrats.

History. Most of the Catholics in this country started out as ethnic groups--Poles, Italians, Irish--who were mocked and discriminated against by the ruling WASP establishment. There were those famous signs, "No Irish need apply." And the Italians were even further down the ladder.

At that time, the Democrat Party sold itself as the party of the working classes, and for the most part it was. So most Catholics climbed on board, and in fact ended up running the Democrat party in many places, such as the Irish in Boston.

It was not until about the time of Roe v. Wade that the focus of the Democrats started to move somewhere else, toward free sex, gay activism, and abortion. As a result, over the years, Catholics steadily moved out of the Democrat party and over to the Republicans, who pretty much ceased to be WASPs. Real, church-going Catholics now have pretty much moved over to the Republican side. But habits are hard to break, for people who were Democrats all their lives, and considered the Republicans to be the party of privilege and snobbery. This kind of change takes a while, and further complications include dissident Catholics, ex-Catholics, and the fact that not all Republican politicians are pro-life.

Still, there has been steady progress away from the New Democrat Party, which is very different from what it used to be.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Because their liberalism trumps everything else.Jews have the same problem.