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a kennedy

(31,373 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:38 PM Sep 7

Catholic voters moving to Harris.....

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump among Catholic voters, according to a new poll released two months before the election.

The EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll, conducted between Aug. 28 and Aug. 30, found that 50.1% of Catholic voters said they would support Harris, while 42.7% said they would support Trump. One percent said they would support someone else, and 6.2% said they are undecided.

The poll also found that 48.7% of Catholic voters disapprove of the job President Joe Biden is doing as president, while 41.2% approve. Biden dropped out of the race in July and endorsed Harris as the Democratic nominee.

The findings come as Trump has ramped up religious discourse on the campaign trail. In 2020, he won 50% of support from Catholics while Biden won 49% of the vote, according to the Associated Press.

In an effort to shore up Catholic support, Trump announced the “Catholics for Trump” coalition Wednesday, aimed at “safeguarding the vital principles of religious liberty and defending family values that President Donald J. Trump has ardently championed,” according to a press release.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/06/harris-trump-among-catholic-voters/75106350007/?tbref=hp

Joe Biden is a Catholic…..why the hell would they ever vote for 3 time adulterer!!!!! Oh right, Jesus forgave the sinner. 🤬 🤬 🤬

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OnDoutside

(20,548 posts)
1. I suspect it's to do with the crap they're being fed
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 06:54 PM
Sep 7

from the pulpit. My brother lives in Florida and he & his family goes to mass regularly, the stories he tells about the priests is mad stuff, as in koolaid. It's the problem even here in Ireland, most of the remaining priests are very right wing

MaryMagdaline

(7,563 posts)
2. This is huge. Catholics are the ultimate swing voters.
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:06 PM
Sep 7

Would be great to win their votes - especially Catholics in Midwest.

lindysalsagal

(21,842 posts)
3. As if we all didn't see "the grab them by the..." video.
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:15 PM
Sep 7

Patriarchy dies slowly, but eventually. I guess a few realized Jan 6th probably wasn't a good way to go.

Diamond_Dog

(33,764 posts)
4. My sister is a churchgoing Catholic
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:06 PM
Sep 7

Yet she says the churchgoing Catholic president is “not my President “.





a kennedy

(31,373 posts)
5. I know, lotsa my family members are "good Catholics" and are voting for tRump just because
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:16 PM
Sep 7

of the abortion issue. 🤬 🤬 🤬 we talk sports, but NEVER politics. NEVER. I still can not believe it. tRump. Ugh.

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