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August 26th, 2008
The Catholic Vote Does Not Exist
“The thing that is important to know about the Catholic vote,” says John White at the Catholic University of America in Washington, “is there is no ‘Catholic vote.’ ”
A professor of politics, White says the high-water mark for Catholic voters came in 1960, when Democrat John F. Kennedy made history as the first Catholic president, capturing 78 percent of their vote. Now, though, Catholic identity tends to be just one feature these believers bring into the voting booth, along with factors such as race, gender, class, education level, and sexual orientation.
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