What I found most interesting, however, is that McCain actually did 3% worse among White "regular-mass-attending" Catholics than Weekly mass-attending Catholics, which would presumably include all races, including Hispanic (even though it isn't really a race).
This would seem to indicate that regular (weekly) mass attendance is actually a better predictor of voting behavior than the particular race or ethnic group, something that you won't find in most Protestant sects.
Does this indicate that Catholics are more loyal to their church than to their race, whereas Protestants are more loyal to their race than to their church?
It would probably be hard to tell without a breakdown of various Protestant brands. Then even within some brands, you will get a massive split such as the ELCA Lutherans and the traditional Lutherans.
Find the brands with the most conservative voting behavior and I think you find the brands with the closest teachings to traditional Christianity. OTOH, the same could be said for the various branches of Judaism.
Liberals, like Lucifer, both try to substitute the fashionable PC crap of the moment for traditional and unchanging truths.
See post #69.
I would by-and-large agree with that!
How does that work in the Hispanic vote?
Protestant Hispanics are more Republican than the overall Catholic vote, they are roughly 50/50, with 56% going Republican in 2004, and 48% in 2008.