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pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 04:17 PM Oct 2020

Trump is losing his grip on one group of white Christians . . . the Catholic ones.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-is-losing-ground-with-some-but-not-all-white-christians/

Despite Biden’s claims that he can appeal to white evangelical Protestants, there really aren’t any signs that Trump is losing support among this group. But Trump may have reason to worry about his level of support among white Catholics. Politicians and the media typically pay less attention to these voters during election season, but white Catholics are especially important to watch this year because they’re a sizable group — and they’re concentrated in Rust Belt swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Trump won white Catholics handily in 2016, but there are signs that his hold on this group is slipping. That’s doubly worrisome for the president because white Christians are declining as a share of the population overall. And if overall turnout is high and he loses some support from white Catholics without making up the difference among other groups, Trump could be in trouble — even if he overwhelmingly wins white evangelicals again.
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Trump is losing his grip on one group of white Christians . . . the Catholic ones. (Original Post) pnwmom Oct 2020 OP
I was raised catholic in one of those rust belt states. icwlmuscyia Oct 2020 #1
More Catholics are waking up to the fact that no politician is perfect, and pnwmom Oct 2020 #2
Could have put the period after "grip", and Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #3

icwlmuscyia

(296 posts)
1. I was raised catholic in one of those rust belt states.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 05:08 PM
Oct 2020

The last couple decades I have been amazed that Catholics can simply leave behind their lifetime of brain washing and become repugs.

Democratic values pretty much line right up with professed catholic values except for abortion.

pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
2. More Catholics are waking up to the fact that no politician is perfect, and
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 05:31 PM
Oct 2020

that abortion isn't the only thing Catholics should care about.

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