Look at this chart for 2004, even racially pure white Catholics, devout, church going still only went about 3% more republican than Protestant Hispanics, and about 24 points below their Evangelical counterparts, or even slightly less than the liberal mainline Protestant denominations.
“That simply isn’t true even the most ultra conservative Catholics are only somewhat conservative”
Let me get this straight. I am a Catholic and if I got any further to the right I’ll run into the Atlantic Ocean. All my Catholics friends believe in exactly the same things that I do. That is no abortion of any type, for any reason. No homosexual marriage, no homosexual civil unions. No women ordination. I believe in building a fence around the US, and my friends believe in the same thing. I believe in a strong national defense and the defense of this country. I support the US military 100%. The military does not make the sometimes boneheaded decisions that affect them. These are made by the politicians who call the shots. But I always support the military. I retired as a senior NCO in the US Air Force. I am a Vietnam Veteran. I also believe in a balanced butget and I don’t believe in borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.
Most of my Catholic friends believe exactly like I do. So can you please tell me what you consider the “somewhat conservative” views that I have listed above. I’d sure like to know. One more thing. I started voting in 1968 and I have never in my life voted for a democrat at any level. Never. I have occasionally voted for the Constitution Party candidate, because he was a hell of a lot more conservative than the republican who was running.