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There is strength in numbers.

According to 2004 CNN exit polls, Bush voters included 38% of union members, 40% of those with union members in their households, 42% of those earning $15,000-$30,000, 44% of those who earn under $50,000 and 44% of Latinos, 45% of youth (aged 18-29), 13% of liberals—even 11% of Democrats voted for Bush. 2004 Election polls indicated 34% called themselves conservative, 21% liberal. Christians control 2/3'rds of the Nation's assets.

According to analysts at the EWTN religious network, "The World Over Live" report asserted that, with the exception of VA, where Catholics spit 70/30 in favor of Bush, the majority of Catholic voters split 55/45 for Bush.....a whopping number of votes since Catholics number about 52 million Americans.

So important was the Catholic loss, that Democratic strategists issued a memo on the loss of Catholics among its constituencies.

READ MEMO HERE: http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36492

The memo authored by a prominent Democratic strategy organization calls the decline in support of white Catholics for Democrats "striking" and "a big part of the 2004 election story."

One of the analysis' key findings is that Catholic voters are becoming more pro-life, which the authors called "a factor in the recent losses and one of the blockages for Democrats, at least in the Midwest."

The data also reveals that young Catholics are more pro-life than their parents and that bishops who speak out against pro-abortion politicians help bolster the pro-life vote. "

The other 45% of Catholics (or out of that, the % that still attend church regularly) cite the justification for voting Democrat on "other social issues" such as the Death Penalty, war, the like. But it's important to note the words from the Pope (as from when he was in his role as Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith) in a memo sent to the to the USCCB...The following on the memo is from Cardinalrating.com...(bold emphasis is mine) "Paragraph #3 — Cardinal Ratzinger gives the U.S. bishops clear directives that no other human rights or moral issues have the same serious moral weight as abortion and euthanasia.

Please note that #3 readily refutes those many U.S. bishops who have publicly said they would not deny the Eucharist to pro-abortion legislators because then they would have to deny also those persons who favored war or the death penalty. Ratzinger explained the Church does not condemn war and the death penalty, but does condemn abortion and euthanasia."

As a Catholic, I can't imagine voting Democrat. I often argue with various other Catholics I know.

I worked very hard in Catholic Outreach for the RNC last time and I intend to do it again. We passed out flyers to our fellow Catholics titled "Vote Your Values". Life is what it's all about. Unfortunately, when pressed, you get those who are inclined to vote Democratic to admit they really are not pro-Life.

These are the Catholics who need to find another Church, pronto!!