Latino Catholics were so significant that e'en tho white Catholics went Romney 59-40% (Pew Forum exit poll), the overall Catholic vote went to Obama (50-48%)
Latino Catholics were able to influence the overall Catholic vote more because Pew Forum cited a drop-off of white Catholic voters 'tween 2008 and 2012.
I estimated the rough numbers of that...and it looks like 2 million less white Catholics voted in 2012 than in 2008. [Some of that you can write off as some dying 'tween them and now...& not being replaced by younger voters who failed to register or turn out]
Very interesting statistics! Can you post the link ... it would be helpful on other threads. Thanks for the post, ping and link.
Not really surprised. Latino Catholics might as well belong to a different church. In most parishes they only go to the “Spanish Mass” and have nothing to do with the rest of us. They usually have a dedicated priest and their own social groups that participate in orthogonal and non-overlapping events.