[Alex Murphy]

Why is Obama struggling to connect with Catholic voters?

I think the better question is the one asked in the title:

Why do Catholics prefer Clinton to Obama?

[rhinohunter]

Pepperdine’s Doug Kmiec, a conservative Catholic, endorsed Obama in February, saying he’s a “natural” for the Catholic vote.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darren McCarty]

This Catholic prefers neither.

[untrained skeptic]

Obama makes more of a mockery or faith than Clinton's obvious hollow faith.

It doesn't take much of listening to Wright to realize that Obama's church has nothing to do with Christianity.

Clinton makes some hollow claims to having faith, but she's managed to keep them from becoming too controversial.

[Parley Baer]

I don't understand why Catholics are still in the dimocRAT party. Same with the Jews. Suicidal in my mind.

[big'ol_freeper]

I don’t know. Why do Evangelicals prefer Clinton (or Obama)? There certainly has been enough articles this year indicating that Evangelicals are moving to the Demoncrat party so I am sure they are supporting one or the other.

The better question would be....why would ANYBODY support either of them?

[rabidralph]

The better question is why do catholics prefer democrats?

[x]

Got to be a joke. Obama is the most pro-abortion candidate ever to come close to winning a major party nomination at least as so far as I can tell.

Talk about "the kind of policies that could reduce the number of abortions" is a smoke screen. It means more welfare.

Also, there's a class angle. Obama gets those Ned Lamont trust-fund types, so working-class Democrats figure that Hillary has to be better.

I wonder how big the difference is and whether Hillary's massive popularity among older women who vote Democratic may not have a lot to do with her lead among Catholics in Democrat primaries.

[Campion]

This Catholic prefers “none of the above” to Clinton, Obama, and pretty much every other national Democratic pol.

[ladyinred]

I can’t understand how any Catholic can vote for any one in the rat party actually. I did see a segment this morning very early that showed that Obama was picking up more Catholics of late.

[aposiopetic]

But you knew the capitol of Vermont.

Scant attention was paid to spelling, evidently.

[CTrent1564]

Historically, Ethnic Catholic Voters such as those Americans of Italian/Sicilian ancestry (like my family), Irish, Polish (like my wife’s family), German-Bavarians, etc were loyal Democrats. For example, JFK, an Irish-Catholic received 80% of the Catholic vote in the 1960 election. Fourty-four years later in 2004, John Kerry, also an Irish-Catholic from MA recieved 47% of the Catholic vote. So, what has happened is a gradual shift towards more conservative politics over the time period since 1960.

Why Catholic voters in Midwest states, who tend to be old line Union Catholic voters support CLinton over Obama is an interesting question for this Dem primary. However, a more interesting question is where do Catholic voters go for the General? I think in a McCain vs. Obama, McCain picks up at least what Bush did in 2004 (53%) and perhaps more.

[markomalley]

Why do Catholics CINOs prefer Clinton to Obama?

Fixed it for you, Alex!

[redgolum]

The problem is most are at most Easter and Christmas Christians here in the US (and not just Catholics).