I am a NY Catholic, (born and raised in NYC, now on Long Island) and Hell itself would literally have to freeze over before I voted Dem.
Of the other Catholics I know who attend Mass at least weekly primarily vote as I do. Among other Latin Mass attendees such as myself, I do not know a single lib. We are all solid conservatives.
The Christmas/Easter crowd, sadly, is less reliable. This group consists of people too lazy to get out of bed on Sunday morning and those who are angry with the Church because She won’t bend on divorce and contraception. These swing about 50/50 either way, and I’d guess this group to be the largest of the three.
Finally, there are many millions here in the NY/Metro area who do not attend Mass at all and are merely cultural Catholics. In my experience, this group consists almost entirely of bat-poop crazy libs and are the polar opposites of the Latin Mass people in just about every way imaginable. I’d say this is the second largest group.
Add ‘em all up, and what you have is a Dem-voting majority in NY. That said, I feel compelled to say that not ALL NY Catholics are “as liberal as they come.”
Regards,
PS: I’d have to agree with you that the Catholic vote in this area could easily swing an election. We are working hard to try to convince that Christmas/Easter crowd to swing the right way this time around.
NY does not necessarily equate to NYC.
I grew up in WNY, Upstate.
I have yet to meet a Catholic from that area who does NOT vote liberal and that includes extended family and quite a number of co-workers, who are faithfully practicing Catholics.
I have met Catholics from Central NY who are conservative, but there is still a astonishing number of those who are liberal, admit it, and decorate their front lawns with Cuomo and Schumer signs come election time.
I’ve heard from their own lips recently “ I’m as pro- life as they come BUT.......”
And these are also faithfully practicing Catholics. We live close to the local Catholic parish and see who attends when for mass. These are NOT twice a year-ers. They are more than once a week and still vote liberal and admit it.
Something is getting lost somewhere between The Vatican and the laity.