48% is less than half. When I said Liberation Theology and Social Gospel are to blame, I was talking about Catholics and Protestants (especially the mainline Protestants). People vote for the socialism because they’ve been taught that it is Christlike. After all, everyone wants to feed the poor, right? I think that many choose to ignore the abortion-on-demand side of socialism.
Sure 48% is less than half, Catholics vote democrat which is how they have always voted, with a handful of recent exceptions, exceptions that all happened after Vatican II (unless 1956 is counted).
Voting 48% republican is one of the most republican voting results in Catholic history, it is a huge improvement over most elections.