The Myth of the White Catholic Democrat

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The GOP has had an advantage with white Catholics for decades​

The White Catholic vote may be one of the most consequential voting blocs in the modern political landscape. There are a couple of reasons that I believe this to be true.

1. There are still lots of them. My best guess is that they are at least 18% of the adult population.
2. They are geographically disbursed. It’s not like they are LDS, who are basically isolated to Utah and a few surrounding states. There are Catholics in significant numbers in almost every part of the United States. Which means they impact the outcome in presidential elections in both Michigan and Florida.
3. They tend to be older, have decent incomes and solid educational attainment. All of that is a recipe for higher voter turnout in elections. Especially in presidential elections.
4. They are not politically unified. There are lots of evangelicals - they are 80% Republicans. There are a fair number of atheists and agnostics, they are 75% Democrats. What this post will illustrate is that white Catholic Republicans outnumber Democrats, but it’s not by a wide margin.

You put all those pieces together and you get a group that can help one party win (or lose) the White House.

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The Myth of the White Catholic Democrat

The GOP has had an advantage with white Catholics for decades

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