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Related: About this forumPolls finds stark Catholic racial divide on Trump v. Clinton
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/07/13/poll-says-catholics-back-clinton-sharp-racial-divide/A new poll about the 2016 presidential race between Hillary and Donald Trump seems to offer two inescapable conclusions about the Catholic vote in America.
* First, theres a stark racial divide running through American Catholic attitudes, with white Catholics almost evenly divided, though offering a narrow edge for Trump, and Hispanics overwhelmingly backing Clinton.
* Second, to the extent a religiously defined segment of the American population is up for grabs, at least in terms of which candidate will capture a majority of its votes, its likely white Catholics.
The findings by the Pew Research Center, based on a national survey conducted in mid-to-late June, finds that 56 percent of American Catholics overall back Clinton with 39 percent for Trump. However, white Catholics lean to Trump 50 percent to 46, while Hispanic Catholics are currently breaking to Clinton by a margin of 77 to 16 percent.
* First, theres a stark racial divide running through American Catholic attitudes, with white Catholics almost evenly divided, though offering a narrow edge for Trump, and Hispanics overwhelmingly backing Clinton.
* Second, to the extent a religiously defined segment of the American population is up for grabs, at least in terms of which candidate will capture a majority of its votes, its likely white Catholics.
The findings by the Pew Research Center, based on a national survey conducted in mid-to-late June, finds that 56 percent of American Catholics overall back Clinton with 39 percent for Trump. However, white Catholics lean to Trump 50 percent to 46, while Hispanic Catholics are currently breaking to Clinton by a margin of 77 to 16 percent.
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Polls finds stark Catholic racial divide on Trump v. Clinton (Original Post)
trotsky
Jul 2016
OP
Guess Catholics aren't as reliably liberal as some around here seem to think.
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2016
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rug
(82,333 posts)2. The factor here lloks like ethnicity rather than religion.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)3. Guess Catholics aren't as reliably liberal as some around here seem to think.
But then, they'll probably say it was the mean old atheists that drove them to Trump in the first place.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. I'm pretty sure we're to blame for just about everything.
After all, the truly religious never do anything bad.
rug
(82,333 posts)5. How do you explain the quarter of nonreligious who are voting for trump?