Catholic voting in America used to be reliably Democrat back in the day.
But these days Catholics demonstrate the same voting patterns as most other Americans and usually race is the biggest factor.
In the last presidential election, 59% of white Catholics voted GOP, about the same as the general white population.
If you happen to be both a regular church going Catholic and non-Hispanic white, there is probably a closer to 70% chance you voted GOP in the last presidential election. Same would apply to regular church going white Protestants.
Tell me your race and how often you attend church services, I can more often than not predict how you vote. Back in the day, socio-economic-status SES (class) more often than not determined how you vote. These days it is mostly based on race and regular church attendance.
Catholic voting is pretty much like it has always been, democrat.
Comparing them to non-Christians is probably the right thing for you to do, which you did, you sure wouldn’t want to compare the Catholic vote to the non-Catholic Christian vote, which always goes republican.
The majority of baptized members of the Catholic denomination, vote democrat, that is why the democrats wanted the 1965 Immigration Act so badly.
Bingo.
Even though my Catholic family has NEVER voted Dem, I know that many Catholic families used to.
However, these days, the more serious a Catholic you are, the less likely you are to vote Dem — especially if you go to a Latin Mass. I do, and there is not a single, solitary parishioner there who admits to voting Dem. Not one.
Of course, I’m sure it helps that our priests seem to have no problem whatsoever preaching ACTUAL Catholic doctrine from the pulpit. Sadly, many poor souls are stuck with milquetoast priests who either don’t believe the actual Catholic doctrine, or are too afraid to speak it. I feel sorry for their parishioners.
Regards,