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US Catholic voters lean toward Clinton, survey shows
Catholic World News ^ | July 14 2016

Posted on 07/14/2016 7:22:01 PM PDT by ebb tide

American Catholic voters lean strongly toward Hillary Clinton in this year's presidential contest, according to a new Pew Forum survey.

The Pew poll found that Clinton held a 56-39% advantage over Donald Trump among Catholic voters. That 17% margin was markedly different from the results of a similar poll in the last presidential race, when then-Senator Barack Obama was virtually even with Mitt Romney among Catholic voters in June 2012.

However, Clinton's margin among Catholic voters was entirely attributable to a huge (77-16%) advantage among Hispanic Catholics. Among white Catholics, Trump had a slight (50-46) edge.

Among all voters surveyed, Pew found that Clinton had a 51-42% lead. Trump enjoyed his best results among white Evangelical voters, who gave him a massive 78-17% advantage; Clinton did best with black Protestants, who broke even more dramatically (89-8%) in her favor.

Among voters who attend church services weekly, Pew found that Trump had a slight advantage: 49- 45%. But among Catholics who attend Mass weekly, Clinton led by 57-38%.

When asked which questions they considered most important in the presidential campaign, Catholics provided answers that did not differ significantly from the overall national sample.


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholic; catholicvote; francischurch; novusordo; usccb
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To: wjcsux

I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but I recall that there were a great deal of Catholics among he Reagan Democrats.


21 posted on 07/14/2016 7:36:14 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Lawgvr1955

Hooray!


22 posted on 07/14/2016 7:37:20 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: ebb tide

23 posted on 07/14/2016 7:38:26 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: ebb tide

It comes down to, most Hispanics are Catholic, and most Hispanics vote Democratic.


24 posted on 07/14/2016 7:38:30 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: ebb tide

I think that Hitler got the Catholic vote too.


25 posted on 07/14/2016 7:44:57 PM PDT by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: ebb tide

We have a Socialist Pope too!


26 posted on 07/14/2016 7:46:14 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Don't argue with a Liberal. Ask him simple questions and listen to him stut)
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A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian

Papa Tango in reference to Trump.

27 posted on 07/14/2016 7:47:09 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

Further proof I shouldn’t return to the Catholic Church.


28 posted on 07/14/2016 7:47:12 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ebb tide

We have a Socialist Pope too!


29 posted on 07/14/2016 7:49:28 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Don't argue with a Liberal. Ask him simple questions and listen to him stut)
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To: Timpanagos1

The white Catholics favor Trump.


30 posted on 07/14/2016 7:51:31 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban muslims, NOT guns.....Register liberals, NOT guns)
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To: ebb tide

This Catholic will crawl through broken glass listening Michelle Obama speeches just to vote against Hillary..


31 posted on 07/14/2016 7:52:37 PM PDT by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: Gamecock
...."Obama did, why not Hillary?"....

And Kerry and Biden and Every Kennedy that ever ran for anything, and Pelosi, and....

Just admit it, Catholics are Dems. They vote abortion and now they vote for sodomy. Soon we need to either vote Catholic or vote Jesus, because you can't be both. You will hate the one and love the other. It's double mindedness. Romans 1:32 tells us that if you approve of sin you are guilty of committing the sin. You fool yourself to think you can vote Dem and NOT take on the actions in their platform.

We now have a Jesuit pope. IMO, they are more liberal than they are Christian. All through South and Central America, communist revolutions are started and approved of by Jesuits. YOU just watch for it coming down the road. RC's will be told that we must accept gay marriage to love the sinner and hate the sin. They are messing with divorce law now and soon sodomy will just be a lifestyle accepted because we have to be equal with marriage requirements. How about a woman priest with Hillary as POTUS? I can't wait.

32 posted on 07/14/2016 7:56:18 PM PDT by chuckles
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To: grumpygresh
I think that Hitler got the Catholic vote too.

Your thinking is wrong.

33 posted on 07/14/2016 7:57:49 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: Maudeen
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

A proverb that applies to all humans, no matter their particular 'religion'.

For example:


34 posted on 07/14/2016 7:57:50 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ebb tide

No true Catholic would ever vote for Clinton. If they are voting for Clinton they are not Catholic.


35 posted on 07/14/2016 8:02:55 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: ebb tide

OH WHOOOOOO Not this Catholic!!! Never in a million years would that happen!!!

I don’t even believe in this ‘fake’ poop we have. Evil as the day is long!!!


36 posted on 07/14/2016 8:06:46 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: ebb tide

Practicing Catholics will not vote for Clinton.


37 posted on 07/14/2016 8:09:30 PM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: Timpanagos1

It depends on if you go % or electoral college, at least for 2012. A slight majority voted for Obama in 2012, but ‘the one’ lost in a landslide amongst Catholics if you go by state and electoral college numbers. Look it up. Obama lost the Catholic vote in places like NY. CA skews everything because it so big and has so many Hispanic Catholics who vote dem.

Freegards


38 posted on 07/14/2016 8:16:10 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: milford421
Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are practicing Catholics, and brag about it.

Who do you think they'll vote for?

39 posted on 07/14/2016 8:16:57 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Nor of this one.


40 posted on 07/14/2016 8:19:35 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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