The Catholic vote means members of the Catholic church, as it should, and the Catholic vote is the same today as it has always been, democrat.
1972 to 2012 is the only period in history when republicans ever won their vote, except for 1956, and those handful of elections were always narrow margins, and for incumbents (and RR veep HW in 1988), except for 1980, the first and only time that the Catholics voted against an incumbent democrat.
Thanks for the history. But I don’t count people who never show up.
Your repetitious assertions aside, "Catholic" is not anyone who self identifies as Catholic, but is comprised of those who actually adhere to and live the faith. Those who defy the Bishops, ignore the teachings of the Church, reject the authority of the Magisterium and the Pope, who live a secular humanist life style simply cannot be called Catholics in any honest argument. Those conditions, by definition, make them more Protestant than Catholic.
What I can't figure out is what you are trying to accomplish by this constant assertion. It cannot be the the election of conservatives, since a stronger Church produces more conservative voters. Why don't you tell me what your ambitions are and maybe I can see where you are trying to take this. Maybe I can even help you.
Peace be with you.