The strange irony is that if the left abandoned their insistence on abortion they would probably get 75% of the Catholic vote.
That’s only because, historically speaking, the democrats were considered the party of the working class and most Catholics (ethnic) were in the working class. At least those who came here from Italy and Ireland in the late 1800’s, as my paternal and maternal grandparents did. Their children, my parents and their siblings, those who grew up during the Great Depression, fought in WWII, and thought FDR was a socialist and dictator, weren’t fooled. Maybe it had to do with their parents, my grandparents, who saw the danger in FDR and his policies.
I’d like to think that if more people were educated in what the democrat party represents that they wouldn’t be so eager to vote for politicians who want to keep them down and dependent on the government.
I’m not so sure that they’d get more of the Catholic vote if they abandoned their position on abortion. The Catholics who voted for this Administration, and those who vote for someone just because they’re Catholic (like JFK), and those that consistently vote for democrats, don’t have a real understanding of Catholicism or the Constitution.