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The following is from the Catholic News Agency:

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/churchgoing_catholics_chose_mccain_over_obama/

” Exit polls are reporting that more weekly churchgoing Catholics voted for John McCain than for President-elect Barack Obama, slightly favoring McCain by 50 percent to 49 percent.”

“Those who attend Mass on a weekly basis comprised 46 percent of the overall Catholic vote, while 54 percent of Catholics surveyed said they attend less than weekly. Among infrequent Mass goers, Obama was favored 58 to 40 percent.”

[Mrs. Don-o]

That, too, is true across denominations. That is, the more church-going a person is (more or less regardless of denomnation) and the more they say that God is "important in their life," the more they voted (R).

Thr nominal, or marginal believer --- again, of whatrever denomination ---- tended to vote (D).

That's not to say "God is Republican". Not by a long shot. But people connected to their faith community tend to be more morally and culturally conservative.

And of course,a lot of non-church-goers reflexively identify as "Catholic" for ethnic reasons entirely unconnected to faith and morals ("Of course I'm Catholic! The name's Stanislaus Sienkiewicz! Je-zoo Buffing Cripes, what else would I be??!")