As election returns became more clear after Nov. 3, polling data indicated President Donald Trump ended up with about 50% of the Catholic vote, but the margin of white Catholics backing him was significantly less than four years ago.
Speaker says Biden’s ‘powerful narrative as person of faith’ appealed to voters
Author: After past cultural upheavals, Dems have sought to retain Catholics
Catholics have been “the quintessential swing group” in American politics, said author and columnist Peter Beinart in an Oct. 23 forum on faith and politics.
Unofficial Catholic paper mailed to Wisconsin Catholic homes before election
An unofficial Catholic publication was mailed to Catholic homes around Wisconsin is seeking to influence the vote of readers.
In final drive to the election, campaigns go all out for the Catholic vote
Through online events, phone banks aimed at Catholic-heavy counties and specific digital messages and emails citing each candidate’s appeal to Catholics, the campaigns are ensuring that voters who make up the country’s largest religious group know where Trump and Biden stand on key issues.
As the church becomes more diverse, Catholic vote becomes harder to define
The last presidential election revealed a demographic shift taking place among Catholic voters, one that depends more on the ethnic background of the person casting the vote than on a religious affiliation.