I think it’s true that without the Catholic vote, Zero would have never been elected.
I think it’s true that without the Catholic vote, Zero would have never been elected.
Yeah, but Ted Kennedy was not the only morally deficient Catholic who got continuously re-elected for decades by other Catholics pulling the Democrat straight party lever.
That's absolutely true, ducdriver, but his margin of support from self-identified Catholic voters (53%) was almost exactly the same as in the U.S. electorate as a whole. Since 3% voting the other way would have flipped the outcome, you can just as truthfully say that without the votes of the ____(Jews, Episcopalians, Methodists etc. fill in th blank) Obama would never have been elected.
You know, from the way "reponsibility" is assigned by many FReepers, I get the impression that, as denominations go, only Catholics are held corporately responsible for whatever goes on in government.
Catholics comprise almost exactly 30% the U.S. Congress (House + Senate= 536 total). That's a bit less than the sum of Baptist + Episcopalian + Lutheran + Methodist.
African Methodist Episcopal 4
Anglican 1
Assembly of God 1
Baptist 59
Buddhist 2
Catholic 161
Christian 27
Christian Reformed 2
Christian Science 3
Church of Christ 3
Church of the Nazarene 1
Community of Christ 1
Congregationalist 4
Disciples of Christ 2
Episcopal 38
Evangelical 1
Greek Orthodox 6
Jewish 43
Lutheran 24
Methodist 53
Moravian 1
Mormon 14
Muslim 2
Not Affiliated 1
Not Stated 7
Presbyterian 43
Protestant 20
Quaker 1
Reformed Church of America 1
Serbian Orthodox 1
Seventh-day Adventist 2
Southern Baptist 3
Unitarian 3
United Church of Christ 1
Sadly, and of course without any sense of satisfaction, I must say there's plenty of responsibility to go around.
I beg to differ with you.
Catholics did not vote for Obortion O.
Catholics in Name Only voted for him.
But not REAL Catholics!