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Originally Posted by flying ^
Protestants: reliable base of support for Republicans
Catholics: reliable base of support for Democrats
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That hasn't been true for decades now. Really, go look at some polling or survey data before you make ridiculous claims like this. Here's a
good summary of support by different religious groups in the 2004 presidential election for instance.
The only religious groups who reliably support the Democrats by large margins are Jews, members of minority religions, and the irreligious. There may be something of a "spurious correlation" between Catholicism and Democratic support that reflects the affiliations of Hispanics who are both Catholic and Democrats. I'd argue this has little or nothing to do with their Catholicism, though, the same way African-Americans support for Democrats has little or nothing to do with their Protestantism. Non-Hispanic Catholics who attend Mass weekly supported Bush over Kerry by a two-to-one margin.