Catholics voted for Gore in 2000, just like they voted for Clinton in 92 and 96, in 2004 when Hispanic Protestants were voting for Bush by 56%, Catholics did vote for Bush by 52%, they then voted for Obama by 54% in the next election.
Nothing changed about the Catholic vote related to FDR, either in their presidential vote or their Congressional voting, they continued voting Democrat, Gallup says they even went Democrat in 1956. see post 269. They eventually voted Republican in 1972 and then back to democrat in 1976.
With the recent flood of Mexican Catholics coming into America, church going, white Catholics are becoming more Republican. Not right wing, but more Republican.
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