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Polybius

(21,505 posts)
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:48 PM May 2025

Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show

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Source: NY Times

Pope Leo XIV has voted several times in his home state of Illinois in recent years, public records show, including with an absentee ballot in last November’s presidential election.

According to records from Will County, in suburban Chicago, the pope has voted in three Republican primaries since 2012 and no Democratic primaries in that time. He most recently voted in a Republican primary in 2016.

The records show that he did not vote in Will County in the 2020 presidential election or in the 2022 midterm election.

In Illinois, where Democrats dominate in statewide elections, voters do not register as members of a political party. American citizens living outside the country remain eligible to vote.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html

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Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show (Original Post) Polybius May 2025 OP
So wait JustAnotherGen May 2025 #1
Well, not cool if he intends to continue voting republican. Escurumbele May 2025 #2
I've got a feeling JustAnotherGen May 2025 #3
Trump is probably going to send Ice to the Vatican to import him. chowder66 May 2025 #4
I don't see this guy voting for Trump iemanja May 2025 #5
I don't see him voting for Harris either Polybius May 2025 #6
Interesting, I had not seen that comment by him. fujiyamasan May 2025 #7
Looks like he might just be an anti Trump Republican JI7 May 2025 #8
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 2025 #9

JustAnotherGen

(37,554 posts)
1. So wait
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:49 PM
May 2025

He could vote in future elections? Cool!

Escurumbele

(4,019 posts)
2. Well, not cool if he intends to continue voting republican.
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:54 PM
May 2025

JustAnotherGen

(37,554 posts)
3. I've got a feeling
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:59 PM
May 2025

That won't be the case. He's probably a Republican like my Mayor is. When she ran in 2022 she went out and pulled up her signs if someone had a Trump sign. Her office is a Trump Hate space.

chowder66

(11,820 posts)
4. Trump is probably going to send Ice to the Vatican to import him.
Thu May 8, 2025, 10:05 PM
May 2025

iemanja

(57,377 posts)
5. I don't see this guy voting for Trump
Thu May 8, 2025, 10:13 PM
May 2025

Polybius

(21,505 posts)
6. I don't see him voting for Harris either
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:11 AM
May 2025

His mentor Pope Francis called the election the lesser of two evils.

Pope Francis: U.S. election a choice of “lesser of two evils"

fujiyamasan

(1,223 posts)
7. Interesting, I had not seen that comment by him.
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:07 AM
May 2025

It may have had to do with Francis' view of Gaza, which he had spoken about several times, which I believe were somewhat controversial.

I could be wrong, but Francis is about as “liberal” a pope we’ll likely ever see.

JI7

(93,190 posts)
8. Looks like he might just be an anti Trump Republican
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:48 AM
May 2025

but maybe didn't vote for Democrats I've abortion.

Omaha Steve

(108,413 posts)
9. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:23 PM
May 2025

NOT important news.

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