Posted on 11/09/2026 4:55:11 AM PST by daniel1212
Catholics, who made up about 20 percent of midterm voters, shifted from majority red in 2024 to a near-even split this year between Republicans and Democrats, according to both exit polls.
Two years ago, exit polls showed Catholics favoring Republicans, 59 percent to 39 percent in the NBC poll, and 60 percent to 39 percent in the CNN poll, which has renamed its exit poll “voter polls” due to a change in methodology. The 2024 NBC poll looked only at 10 key states, as opposed to all 50.
Nichole Flores, a religious studies professor at the University of Virginia, said she wasn’t surprised by the shift in the Catholic vote. “I think the bishops in the United States have done a really good job expanding the range of social issues that are being communicated as being salient to Catholic voters,” she told RNS. She pointed to US bishops’ broader emphasis on immigration, the economy and peace alongside concerns about abortion.
Nicholas Hayes-Mota, a religious studies professor at Santa Clara University, said he’s eager to see breakdowns showing how Latino Catholics and Latino evangelicals voted in the most recent election. The NBC poll showed Latino voters jumped from 51 percent to 64 percent Democrat between 2024 and 2026. ..
Exit polls also showed a noteworthy shift among religiously unaffiliated voters. In addition to increasing in number—in 2024, nones made up 24 percent of the vote, and in 2026 that number rose to 27 percent, according to both polls—they also shifted to the left 6 or 7 percentage points (77 percent in 2026 compared to 70 percent in the 2024 CNN poll and 71 percent in the 2024 NBC poll).
Exit polls showed nonreligious voters were instrumental in securing key Senate victories for Democrats whose faith was central to their campaign...
In Texas, James Talarico won the support of 58 percent of Catholics and 77 percent of nones. And in Michigan, CNN found that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed lost both Protestants (38 percent) and Catholics (41 percent) to Republican Mike Rogers, but won among nones (76 percent) and those of non-Christian faiths (68 percent)
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- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/exit-polls
In Michigan, El-Sayed lost Protestants and Catholics, but won 76% of nones.
Faux Catholics. Catholics cannot vote for envy, greed, and baby killing.
So it's 50/50.
Take a look at other religions and secular Americans instead.
You're not going to build a coalition by bashing Catholics lol.
The Democrats did a good job of building their big tent this time around.
Any of my fellow Catholics who don’t have a near-physical reaction to that vile and viral “abortion is back” video from last week need to have a serious examination of conscience
From the stats Catholics and other denominations were separated by only a few points.
If this is accurate about 40% of nominal Christians voted for an anti-Christ (hopefully not “the”). Still far distinct from pagans, nothings, and of course the muhammedans themselves but terrible.
I wouldn’t believe any of this. Both Nancy Pelosi and Jao Bai-din claim to be Catholic despite very anti-Catholic positions and voting.
“I think the bishops in the United States have done a really good job expanding the range of social issues that are being communicated as being salient to Catholic voters,”
We never forget what paves the road to Hell.
Reagan had JP II. Trump had two heretics as Pope.
No, but more than half of Catholics fall in this category.
Well we know one Catholic who voted for the Democrats.
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