About half of Catholic voters identify as Republicans or lean toward the Republican Party, compared with 44% who identify as Democrats or lean Democratic. Members of the Church of …

Today, however, according to Statista.com, 25 percent of Catholics are Republicans or lean Republican, while 23 percent of Catholics are Democrats or lean Democrat. Ergo, 52 percent …

Catholics are divided politically in our survey, just as they were in the 2012 election. While 37% say they favor the GOP, 44% identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party (and 19% say …

Although the majority of Catholics in 1984 remained Democrats, compared to 1980 Catholic votes switched to Reagan at about the same level as most Protestant groups.

A deeper analysis finds that a majority of white Catholics identify as Republicans, while a majority of Hispanic Catholics are Democrats.

Are the 40 million U.S. Catholics who are registered Democrats facing the fires of hell? Not according to canon law or the U.S. bishops.

Recent political science research suggests an answer. Some Catholics who vote for Democratic candidates incorrectly assume those candidates are pro-life. Catholics are often used as an …

About 31% of the current Congress is Catholic, and there are six Catholic justices on the Supreme Court. Interestingly, given the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in American politics, both...

However, Democrats were found more likely than Republicans to identify with no religion, with 26 percent of Democrats saying that they have no religious identity compared to 11 percent of...

Ninety-one percent of Catholic Democrats oppose the border wall while 81 percent of Catholic Republicans support expanding it.

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The next set of questions asked whether one can be a good Catholic without following the church's teaching on abortion or same-sex relationships, or without giving time or money to …

Catholic Democrats is an American not-for-profit organization of Catholics to support the Democratic Party, based in Boston, United States. The Catholic Democrats have more than …

Democrats retain a slight 47-46 edge over Republicans in party registration, but Catholics have become a swing voting bloc, supporting George W. Bush (R) in 2004, Barack Obama (D) in …

After polling thousands of Catholic priests and engaging in in-depth interviews with one hundred of them, the Catholic Project at CUA released a report examining “polarization” and …

Catholics for Trump, including those behind the “Project 2025”, are heirs of the patriarch of modern American Catholic conservatism, William F. Buckley, Jr., with his visions of society and ...

Among Catholics, Republicans are now much more likely than Democrats to say the pope is “too liberal” (55% vs. 19%) and “naïve” (32% vs. 18%). While most Catholic Democrats (67%) say …

Thirty-six percent of the Democrats in Congress are Catholic. Second, the use of the seniority system magnifies this effect. Catholic Democrats representing safe congressional districts can …

It is estimated over three million Catholic voters switched to Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. Ike received about 46 percent of the Catholic vote. In 1960, most Catholics came back to the …

Though Republicans have narrow majorities in both chambers, 55 percent of the Catholics in Congress are Democratic—far less lopsided, and closer to the total U.S. population, when …

Among Catholics, 49% are Republicans and GOP leaners while 44% are Democrats or Democratic leaners. Within some religious groups, there are large differences by race: …

For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns.. It is often said that the Catholic Church “thinks in centuries,” but when the life of ...

Democrat George McGovern received only 39 percent among both active and inactive Catholics, reflecting the national antipathy to what was perceived as a fringe candidate. Little more than …

Most U.S. adults know that Biden is Catholic, including majorities within both major political parties, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. But partisan similarities in views …