[JCBreckenridge]

I am saying precisely the opposite.

The numbers indicate that the Democrats do not require the Catholic vote while the Republicans do.

If you remove the entire Catholic electorate - Obama still wins in both 2008, and in 2012.

If you remove the entire Catholic electorate in 2004, Bush loses.

Ergo, I conclude that the Republican party now requires the support of Catholics in order to win. The Democrat party does not.

[ansel12]

Why should conservative Catholics support a party that supports homosexuality and abortion?

Why indeed, why do Catholics vote majority democrat?