It would appear that when it comes to Voting, Catholics and Jews have much in common
‘...when it comes to Voting, Catholics and Jews have much in common.”
It’s a great scandal. That said, the Catholic vote seems to vary by area and state, the biggest split I could find was New Mexico vs La, where Obama won 70% of the Catholic vote in NM while in La McLame won 70% of the Catholic vote. Obama lost the Catholic vote in Pa, Ohio, CT, NJ, and Mn, but he won it handily in huge states like NY and Ca. I would love to see a complete list by state if that exists, I haven’t been able to find anything like that.
Seems like a breakdown by state would be a heck more useful than a national number when there are 70% splits either way.
Freegards
This is purely conjecture but I tend to think this stems from the fact that both trace their religious heritage back thousands of years. Essentially, over the span of those decades, the practice of raising children in the faith evolves from weekly into important holidays. For example, A & P catholics are those who show up at church on Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Easter and Christmas. We see the same phenomenon among Jews who come to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Passover. They are both "cultural" practitioners of their respective faiths.