[daniel1212]

As the Pope hardly represents Christianity anymore, it should probably be clarified that Catholics voted in line with the Church’s official teachings instead of the political opinions (with no foundation in scripture) of the Pope du jour.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful-voted-a-preliminary-2016-analysis

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/23/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings/

[kearnyirish2]

Those charts show why the whole American Catholic hierarchy needs to be replaced; abortion will never be outlawed as long as Catholic voters are OK with it. Many years ago when I attended the March for Life I was stung by how much more heavily Protestant denominations were represented than Catholics. It helped me understand how Dems win Catholic population centers, and how Republicans carry the Bible Belt.

[Luircin]

Oh, so my synod is defined as ‘evangelical’ now? How the heck do they define ‘evangelical’ anyways?

I mean, it’s not like it makes TOO much difference, but the ‘mainline’ label there as opposed to ‘evangelical’ annoys me because of the implication.

Even so, yes, I note that Catholics tend to vote very liberal.