Catholic Voters

Rick Santorum Frustrated By Fellow Catholics

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.19.2012

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Rick Santorum has positioned himself as the leading religious candidate in the Republican presidential field, speaking out strongly on social issues a...

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Obama's Win on Health Insurance and Contraception

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.15.2012

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Lincoln Mitchell

Every minute that the Republicans spend discussing not how to get the American economy back on strong footing but whether or not adults should have the right to affordable contraception is a good minute for the president.

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Have Catholic Bishops Turned Their Backs On The Working Class And The Poor?

Fred Rotondaro | Posted 04.10.2012

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Fred Rotondaro

Bishops have urged Catholics to be single issue voters -- that issue being of course the sexual politics of an anti-abortion and anti-gay rights agenda. The century-old Catholic social justice tradition in America has been pushed to the side.

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Elected Officials' Catholic Dilemma On Same-Sex Marriage

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 09.14.2011

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Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.

There are in fact two very different Catholic voices that elected officials in New York and elsewhere around the country have to navigate: the big "C" voice of the Catholic bishops, and the little "c" voices of Catholics in the pews.

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Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach?

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders s...

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Eyes on the Catholic Vote

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Korzen

Catholics account for 1 in 4 voters nationwide and have sided with the popular vote winner in the last nine presidential elections.

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Poll: McCain And Obama Tied Among Catholics

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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Douglas Kmiec is the kind of Catholic voter the GOP usually doesn't have to think twice about. The Pepperdine law professor and former Reagan Justice ...

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Conservative Catholics Have Always Been in Play

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Korzen

Republicans and Democrats alike take note: Catholics - conservative or otherwise - have always been in play.

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