Obama carried the Catholic vote, like the dems always do — closer than usual though, I think he took 51%.
25% of Americans identify themselves as “Catholic”, including people such as HRC staffer Jennifer Palmieri. However, this group includes — no joke — people who were baptized as infants and never stepped foot again in a Catholic church except of (other peoples’) weddings, baptisms, etc. Break Catholics down according to how often they go to Mass (daily or weekly versus monthly versus only on Christmas/Easter versus never) and ethnicity (white versus Hispanic), etc. and you'll see big differences in voting trends.