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To: ansel12
Yes, Catholics are a democrat voting block, and always have been with the exception of 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 2004, and possibly 1956.

With that many exceptions, I'd have to say they're a swing group -- and that ethnicity enters into it, with Hispanics tilting the Catholic vote to the Democrats.

A 50-47 or 50-48 percent split is too narrow to serve as a basis for sweeping judgments about large groups of people.

But you obviously wouldn't see it that way. You'd have to be more open to reason and evidence than you are to be able to look at the details and judge accordingly.

56 posted on 12/03/2012 2:44:10 PM PST by x
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Five or six times over 150 years isn’t much, the few exceptions are recent, but too little, too late, and they were almost all merely voting for an incumbent.

The democrats have only ever won the overall Protestant vote, 3 times, 1932, 1936, and 1964.

The Catholic vote is back to where it has been historically and things are back to normal.

It is strange to see such a liberal group get so much approval and defense here for their voting pro-abortion.


59 posted on 12/03/2012 3:08:02 PM PST by ansel12 (The only Senate seat GOP pick up was the Palin endorsed Deb Fischer's successful run in Nebraska)
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