But the Catholic vote went solidly Democrat, as it has for over forty years. The Catholic laity are very liberal leaning. You can make the case that the majority aren't following what the Church teaches, and that would be right, but the fact remains the Catholic vote has been solidly Dem for years and shows no sign of changing.
An author I read once suggested it was because of anti Catholic persecution in the 1900’s that cemented the link, but I don't know.
Well, the republican party has never historically been friendly towards Catholics until the last 20 years or so. However, I don’t see why the animosity needs to continue, not when they have appointed so many Catholic supreme court justices.
I’m not the only young Catholic I know who rejects the Democrats as the party of death.
That isn't accurate, the Catholic vote was always democrat since they started arriving in the 1840s. The KKK was the anti-Catholic group, and just like the Catholics, they were Democrats.