I suppose that's counting Lutherans and Episcoplians as Protestant, though their religious traditions are 90% similar to Catholicism, minus having a Pope. Well, believing the Pope matters at all only matters to Catholics, so, yes, my numbers include them.
However, if you don't think the Pope means squat, then I will let you take them as your numbers, considering as all they tell the Pope to go screw himself, but they still maintain “90%” of the traditions of Catholics.
Catholics are a paltry minority in this country. However, they were incredibly instrumental in getting 0bama elected.
Based on your posts, it sounds to me that A) You obviously don't like Catholics, and B) You happened live in one of the 10 or so states where Catholics REALLY are a "paltry minority" of a population, and are projecting your opinions on the other 40 states where Catholics have more churches than any other religion. Unfortunately for you, "American culture" means all of this country, not just your state. Over here in America's heartland, any Hispanic who becomes Protestant is going to have a lot harder time finding a church, since Catholic parishes are far more prominent.
Religious preference by state, 2001. Catholicism is also largest denomination in Alaska and Hawaii (not pictured), and the largest plurality religious in the gray states where No Religion dominates.
Yes, a majority of Catholics did vote for our protestant president (whose protestant church, as you can tell from the new reports, is about as far away as "mainstream" Christianity in America as you can get). Of course you neglect to mention that a majority of Catholics ALSO voted for George W. Bush. You also notice the key point in the Catholic vote that pertains to this article -- Obama ONLY won the "Catholic vote" because of Hispanic CINOs (you know, the ethnic group that this article mentions is becoming protestant far more often now). Take away "hispanic Catholics", and the remaining Catholics voted AGAINST Obama. So if those liberal "hispanic Catholics" want no more part of our church, so be it. If you protestants want our pro-abortion, pro-socialist, pro-Obama Hispanics, you're welcome to them.